A King and a Fool? - The Succession Narrative as a Satire

In A King and a Fool? The Succession Narrative as a Satire Virginia Miller argues that the genre of the Succession Narrative is a satire. Accordingly, this narrative is pejoratively critical of King David.

About the author

Virginia Miller, Ph.D. (2016), Murdoch University, is a research fellow at the Centre for Public and Contextual Theology at Charles Sturt University, Canberra. She has published widely on the subject of irony in the Bible.

Product details

• Authors: Virginia Miller
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.08.2019
• EAN: 9789004411715
• ISBN: 978-90-04-41171-5
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 241 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 590 g
• Series: Biblical Interpretation
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations