Meaning Beyond Measure: Mendelssohn's Elijah Oratorio

Possibly the greatest oratorio ever conceived! But what led Mendelssohn to compose it?
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The image “Elijah Contends against the Priests of Baal,” by Jerry Harston can be found at churchofjesuschrist.org