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Helen Paynter

Reduced Laughter - Seriocomic Features and Their Functions in the Book of Kings

English · Hardback

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Description

In Reduced Laughter: Seriocomic Features and their Functions in the Book of Kings, Helen Paynter uses a hermeneutic of carnivalization and mirroring to offer a radical, satirical re-evaluation of the Elijah-Elisha and Aram narratives in the book of Kings.

About the author

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.

Product details

Authors	Helen Paynter
Publisher	Brill

Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	16.06.2016

EAN	9789004322349
ISBN	978-90-04-32234-9
No. of pages	256
Dimensions	160 mm x 236 mm x 18 mm
Weight	617 g
Series	Biblical Interpretation
Subject	Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations

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