Reduced laughter : seriocomic features and their functions in the Book of Kings /
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 cri...
المؤلف الرئيسي:
التنسيق: كتاب الكتروني
اللغة: English
منشور في:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2016]
سلاسل:
Biblical Interpretation Series
142.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303812.
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الوسوم: إضافة وسم
رقم الطلب: BS1335.6.W58 P39 2016
- Preliminary Material
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Some Unanswered Questions in the Book of Kings
- 3 Seriocomic Readings and the Mise-en-abyme: Useful Heuristics for Biblical Criticism?
- 4 An Investigation into the Seriocomic Elements at the Heart of Kings
- 5 Anti-prophetic Rhetoric
- 6 The Command-Prophecy Formula
- 7 Satire against Kings and Nations
- 8 Conclusion
- Appendix 1: The χ-squared Test Applied to Rendsburg's Findings of Variant Linguistic Features in the Northern Narratives of Kings
- Appendix 2: Seriocomic Events of the Central Part of Kings, Itemised by Chapter
- Bibliography
- Index of Authorities
- Index of Biblical References
- Index of Subjects.