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

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
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 16.06.2016
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious
• EAN: 9789004322349
• ISBN: 978-90-04-32234-9
• Pages: 242
• Dimensions (packing): 16 x 23.6 x 1.8 cm
• Weight (packing): 617 g
• Series: Biblical Interpretation > 142
• Subjects: Kritik und Exegese heiliger Texte; RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament; RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Exegesis & Hermeneutics; Religion - Commentaries / Reference