Elijah was perhaps the greatest prophet of the Old Testament. The Hebrew people revered him as such. And yet the book of James tells us he was still a man with weaknesses, not so different from many of us today.Chapter 6 deals at length with the experience of Elijah the prophet and his experience on Mount Carmel as he faces the prophets of Baal. His experience and subsequent reaction provide an interesting analogy of a bipolar episode. The author does not imply that Elijah was bipolar but suggests there are valuable lessons that can be drawn from the event. Elijah does exhibit many of the classic symptoms of a bipolar condition.First Kings 18–19 is the Biblical material drawn from, with additional comments from James 5:17–18. As you read chapter 6, you will understand the reason for entitling this book The Elijah Syndrome.