Paynter, Helen  <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>97890043223499004322345 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bible. Kings Criticism, interpretation, etc.Bible. Kings.Wit and humor in the Bible.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS1335.6.W58   / .P39 2016