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Reduced laughter : seriocomic features and their functions in the Book of Kings /

Paynter, Helen

Reduced laughter : seriocomic features and their functions in the Book of Kings / Helen Paynter - Leiden ; Boston : E. J. Brill, 2016 - xi, 242 p. ; 25 cm. - Biblical interpretation series, 142 .

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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Bible. Kings Criticism, interpretation, etc.Bible. Kings.Wit and humor in the Bible.

BS1335.6.W58 / .P39 2016
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