Reduced Laughter

Seriocomic Features and Their Functions in the Book of Kings
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-90-04-32234-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 142, 242 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 617 g

Reihe: Biblical Interpretation Series

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Paynter, Helen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturkritik: Hermeneutik und Interpretation
• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Heilige & Traditionstexte: Torah, Talmud, Mischna, Halacha
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Altes Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

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.