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Reduced laughter : seriocomic features and their functions in the Book of Kings
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Title
Reduced laughter : seriocomic features and their functions in the Book of Kings / by Helen Paynter.
ISBN
9789004322349
9004322345
9789004322363
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016.
Physical Description
ix, 242 pages ; 25 cm.
Summary
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. (Publisher).
Other formats
Online version: Paynter, Helen. Reduced laughter. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016
Format
Books
Language
Multiple languages
Added to Catalog
June 13, 2022
Series
Biblical interpretation series, v. 142
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-226) and indexes.
Contents
Introduction
Some unanswered questions in the book of Kings
Seriocomic readings and the mise-en-abyme: useful heuristics for biblical criticism?
An investigation into the seriocomic elements at the heart of Kings
Anti-prophetic rhetoric
The command-prophecy formula
Satire against kings and nations
Conclusion.
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Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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