Reduced Laughter: Seriocomic Features and Their Functions in the Book of Kings - Couverture rigide

Paynter, Helen

 
9789004322349: Reduced Laughter: Seriocomic Features and Their Functions in the Book of Kings
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 9004322345 ISBN 13 : 9789004322349
Editeur : Brill, 2016

Synopsis

In this book Helen Paynter offers a radical re-evalution of the central section of Kings. Reading with attention to the literary devices of carnivalization and mirroring, she demonstrates that it contains a florid satire on kings, prophets and nations.
Building on the work of humorists, literary critics and biblical scholars, the author constructs diagnostic criteria for carnivalization (seriocomedy), and identifies an abundance of these features within the Elijah/Elisha and Aram narratives, showing how literary mirroring further enhances their satirical effect.
This book will be of particular interest to students and scholars concerned with the Hebrew Bible as literature but will be valued by those who favour more historical approaches for its insights into the Hebrew text.

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À propos de l?auteur

Helen Paynter, Ph.D. (2015), Bristol, is a lecturer at Bristol Baptist College, England; and a Baptist minister. Her main research interest is Old Testament narrative as literature and social commentary.

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Éditeur
Brill
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9004322345
ISBN 13 
9789004322349
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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