A King and a Fool?

The Succession Narrative as a Satire
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-41171-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 179, 302 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

Reihe: Biblical Interpretation Series

In A King and a Fool? The Succession Narrative as a Satire Virginia Miller applies a new version of Douglas Muecke’s taxonomy of irony to the Succession Narrative. She argues that the narrative in 2 Samuel and 1 Kings has the essential feature of satire, namely, a pervasive sense of pejoratively critical irony. By her account, King David is the object of ironic attack, and therefore, an object of condemnation. Given that the primary purpose of satire is reform, Miller claims that the purpose of the Succession Narrative is a call for reform in the leadership of Israel.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Miller, Virginia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part 1: Historical Context and Methodology

1 The Genre Debate and Satire

1.1 The Genre Debate

1.2 The Succession Narrative as Satire?

2 Methodology and Irony

2.1 Irony

2.2 Methodology

2.3 Verbal Irony and the Succession Narrative

Part 2: Evidence

3 David’s Sins and Punishments

3.1 2 Samuel 9:1–13

3.2 2 Samuel 10:1–19

3.3 2 Samuel 11:1–27

3.4 2 Samuel 11:27b–12:31

4 Amnon’s Sin and Absalom’s Revenge

4.1 2 Samuel 13:1–39

5 The Deception of the Wise Woman of Tekoa

5.1 2 Samuel 14:1–33

6 Absalom’s Revolt

6.1 2 Samuel 15–18

6.2 2 Samuel 16:1–23

6.3 2 Samuel 17

6.4 2 Samuel 18:1–19:8a

7 The Kingdom is Restored to David

7.1 2 Samuel 19:1–20:26

7.2 2 Samuel 20:1–26

8 Solomon Rises to the Throne

8.1 I Kings 1:1–53

8.2 I Kings 2:1–46

9 The Non-Essential Elements of Satire

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Conclusion

Part 3: Conclusions

10 The Genre Debate: 100 Years of the Succession Narrative

10.1 Satire

10.2 Conclusion

11 Findings

11.1 Verbal Irony

11.2 Characterisations from a Consideration of the Text in Terms of Verbal Irony

12 Conclusion

12.1 Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Virginia Miller, Ph.D. (2016), Murdoch University, is a research fellow at the Centre for Public and Contextual Theology at Charles Sturt University, Canberra. She has published widely on the subject of irony in the Bible.