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Stacks - BS1199.I7 S53 2009
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Author
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 Sharp, Carolyn J.
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Irony and meaning in the Hebrew Bible / Carolyn J. Sharp.
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Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2009.
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Descr.
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xii, 356 p. ; 24 cm.
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( Indiana studies in biblical literature)
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Stacks BS1199.I7 S53 2009 Regular Loan
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 Table of contents only
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Bibliogr.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-347) and index.
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Contents
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Interpreting irony : rhetorical, hermeneutical, and theological possibilities -- Irony and contemporary methodological debates -- Method : multiaxial cartography -- Leaving the garden : the wisdom of irony -- Foreign rulers and the fear of God -- Pharaoh and Abimelech as innocents ensnared -- "Am I in the place of God?" : Joseph the Pretender -- Belshazzar, Darius, and hermeneutical risk-taking -- The ending of Esther and narratological excess -- The prostitute as icon of the ironic gaze -- Tamar the righteous -- Rahab the clever -- Jael the bold -- Gomer the beloved -- Ruth the loyal -- The irony of prophetic performance -- Oracular indeterminacy and dramatic irony in the story of Balaam -- Hermeneutics of de(con)struction : Amos as Samson redivivus -- Contested hermeneutics and the undecidability of Micah 2:12-13 -- Irony as emetic : parody in the book of Jonah -- "How long will you love being simple?" : irony in Wisdom traditions -- Ironic representation, authorial voice, and meaning in Qohelet -- Rereading desire as doublespeak in Psalm 73 -- Conclusion -- Irony and scriptural signifying -- Leaving the garden again : new beginnings.
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Abstract
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Suggests that many stories in the Hebrew Scriptures may be ironically intended.
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Bible. O.T. -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Irony in the Bible.
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Stacks - BS1199.I7 S53 2009
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000585360
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