Irony in the Bible : Between Subversion and Innovation /

Irony in the Bible : Between Subversion and Innovation /

It is generally agreed that there is significant irony in the Bible. However, to date no work has been published in biblical scholarship that on the one hand includes interpretations of both Hebrew Bible and New Testament writings under the perspective of irony, and on the other hand offers a panora...

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Other Authors: Häner, Tobias (Editor), Miller, Virginia; (Editor), Sharp, Carolyn J. (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2023.

Series: Biblical Interpretation Series ; 209.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2023.

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Biblical interpretation.
Christian civilization.
Irony in the Bible.

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Call Number: BS680.I7

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Copyright page
  • Abbreviations
  • Contributors
  • Introduction: Reading Irony in Ancient Texts /
  • Tobias Häner and Virginia Miller
  • 1 Respectful Parody of Exodus Traditions in Genesis 15-16 /
  • Mark G. Brett
  • 2 Widerstand, Sympathie und Entlarvung: Ironie im Exodusbuch /
  • Carolin Neuber
  • 3 Is Leviticus Ironic? Exploring Narratival and Priestly Ironies in the Center of the Torah /
  • Mark A. Awabdy
  • 4 Die Ironie des Deuteronomiums /
  • Benjamin Kilchör
  • 5 Gottes Fragen: Ironie in der ersten Gottesrede des Ijobbuchs (Ijob 38,1-39,30) /
  • Tobias Häner
  • 6 Ironic Criticism in the Prose Framework of Job /
  • Raik Heckl
  • 7 Not Parody, but Irony: Irony in the Book of Job /
  • JiSeong J. Kwon
  • 8 Irony in the Elihu Speeches? /
  • Stephan Lauber
  • 9 A Typological Interpretation of Job That Is Dependent on Irony /
  • Virginia Miller
  • 10 Mockery and Irony in the Psalms /
  • Beat Weber
  • 11 Ironic Contestations as a Care Strategy in Lamentations /
  • Gregory Lee Cuéllar
  • 12 Die Theologie des Buches Kohelet im Zeichen von Ironie und Ambiguität. Eine Skizze /
  • Ludger Schwienhorst-Schönberger
  • 13 Hosting Its Own Otherness: Irony in the Book of Esther /
  • Timothy Beal
  • 14 An Ironic Overture in the Book of Jeremiah /
  • Keith Bodner
  • 15 Irony in Ezekiel's Book /
  • Stephen L. Cook
  • 16 Entertaining Contradictions: Continuing the Conversation on Irony in the Book of Jonah /
  • L. Juliana Claassens
  • 17 ''Foiled by the Hand of a Woman": Irony in the Book of Judith /
  • Stephen D. Cook
  • 18 Ironie und Ambiguität im Buch der Weisheit /
  • Luca Mazzinghi
  • 19 The Source of Irony in the Fourth Gospel /
  • John Painter
  • 20 Disambiguating Forms of Irony in Second Corinthians 10-13 /
  • Matthew Pawlak
  • Index of Subjects.