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Irony in the Bible
Between Subversion and Innovation
Series: - Biblical Interpretation Series, Volume: 209
It is generally agreed that there is significant irony in the Bible. However, to date no work has been published in biblical scholarship that on the one hand includes interpretations of both Hebrew Bible and New Testament writings under the perspective of irony, and on the other hand offers a panorama of the approaches to the different types and functions of irony in biblical texts.
The following volume: (1) reevaluates scholarly definitions of irony and the use of the term in biblical research; (2) builds on existing methods of interpretation of ironic texts; (3) offers judicious analyses of methodological approaches to irony in the Bible; and (4) develops fresh insights into biblical passages.
The following volume: (1) reevaluates scholarly definitions of irony and the use of the term in biblical research; (2) builds on existing methods of interpretation of ironic texts; (3) offers judicious analyses of methodological approaches to irony in the Bible; and (4) develops fresh insights into biblical passages.
Tobias Häner, Dr. theol. (2013), is assistant professor of Old Testament at the Cologne University of Catholic Theology (KHKT). Among his main research areas are the Book of Job and the Book of Ezekiel (Bleibendes Nachwirken des Exils. Untersuchung zur kanonischen Endgestalt des Ezechielbuches, Herder 2014).
Virginia Miller, Ph.D. (2016) is a research fellow at the Centre for Religion, Ethics and Society, Charles Sturt University, Canberra, and a STD candidate at the Gregorian University, Rome. She is the author of A King and a Fool? The Succession Narrative as a Satire (2019).
Carolyn J. Sharp, Ph.D. (2000), Yale University, is Professor of Homiletics at Yale Divinity School. She has authored seven books, including Irony and Meaning in the Hebrew Bible (2009), a commentary on Joshua (2019), and a commentary on Jeremiah 26â52 (2022).
Virginia Miller, Ph.D. (2016) is a research fellow at the Centre for Religion, Ethics and Society, Charles Sturt University, Canberra, and a STD candidate at the Gregorian University, Rome. She is the author of A King and a Fool? The Succession Narrative as a Satire (2019).
Carolyn J. Sharp, Ph.D. (2000), Yale University, is Professor of Homiletics at Yale Divinity School. She has authored seven books, including Irony and Meaning in the Hebrew Bible (2009), a commentary on Joshua (2019), and a commentary on Jeremiah 26â52 (2022).
Contents
Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Introduction: Reading Irony in Ancient Texts
âTobias Häner and Virginia Miller
1 Respectful Parody of Exodus Traditions in Genesis 15â16
âMark G. Brett
2 Widerstand, Sympathie und Entlarvung: Ironie im Exodusbuch
âCarolin Neuber
3 Is Leviticus Ironic? Exploring Narratival and Priestly Ironies in the Center of the Torah
âMark A. Awabdy
4 Die Ironie des Deuteronomiums
âBenjamin Kilchör
5 Gottes Fragen: Ironie in der ersten Gottesrede des Ijobbuchs (Ijob 38,1â39,30)
âTobias Häner
6 Ironic Criticism in the Prose Framework of Job
âRaik Heckl
7 Not Parody, but Irony: Irony in the Book of Job
âJiSeong J. Kwon
8 Irony in the Elihu Speeches?
âStephan Lauber
9 A Typological Interpretation of Job That Is Dependent on Irony
âVirginia Miller
10 Mockery and Irony in the Psalms
âBeat Weber
11 Ironic Contestations as a Care Strategy in Lamentations
âGregory Lee Cuéllar
12 Die Theologie des Buches Kohelet im Zeichen von Ironie und Ambiguität. Eine Skizze
âLudger Schwienhorst-Schönberger
13 Hosting Its Own Otherness: Irony in the Book of Esther
âTimothy Beal
14 An Ironic Overture in the Book of Jeremiah
âKeith Bodner
15 Irony in Ezekielâs Book
âStephen L. Cook
16 Entertaining Contradictions: Continuing the Conversation on Irony in the Book of Jonah
âL. Juliana Claassens
17 âFoiled by the Hand of a Womanâ: Irony in the Book of Judith
âStephen D. Cook
18 Ironie und Ambiguität im Buch der Weisheit
âLuca Mazzinghi
19 The Source of Irony in the Fourth Gospel
âJohn Painter
20 Disambiguating Forms of Irony in Second Corinthians 10â13
âMatthew Pawlak
Index of Subjects
Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Introduction: Reading Irony in Ancient Texts
âTobias Häner and Virginia Miller
Part 1: Irony in the Pentateuch
1 Respectful Parody of Exodus Traditions in Genesis 15â16
âMark G. Brett
2 Widerstand, Sympathie und Entlarvung: Ironie im Exodusbuch
âCarolin Neuber
3 Is Leviticus Ironic? Exploring Narratival and Priestly Ironies in the Center of the Torah
âMark A. Awabdy
4 Die Ironie des Deuteronomiums
âBenjamin Kilchör
Part 2: Irony in the Writings
5 Gottes Fragen: Ironie in der ersten Gottesrede des Ijobbuchs (Ijob 38,1â39,30)
âTobias Häner
6 Ironic Criticism in the Prose Framework of Job
âRaik Heckl
7 Not Parody, but Irony: Irony in the Book of Job
âJiSeong J. Kwon
8 Irony in the Elihu Speeches?
âStephan Lauber
9 A Typological Interpretation of Job That Is Dependent on Irony
âVirginia Miller
10 Mockery and Irony in the Psalms
âBeat Weber
11 Ironic Contestations as a Care Strategy in Lamentations
âGregory Lee Cuéllar
12 Die Theologie des Buches Kohelet im Zeichen von Ironie und Ambiguität. Eine Skizze
âLudger Schwienhorst-Schönberger
13 Hosting Its Own Otherness: Irony in the Book of Esther
âTimothy Beal
Part 3: Irony in the Literature of the Prophets
14 An Ironic Overture in the Book of Jeremiah
âKeith Bodner
15 Irony in Ezekielâs Book
âStephen L. Cook
16 Entertaining Contradictions: Continuing the Conversation on Irony in the Book of Jonah
âL. Juliana Claassens
Part 4: Irony in the Deuterocanonical Books
17 âFoiled by the Hand of a Womanâ: Irony in the Book of Judith
âStephen D. Cook
18 Ironie und Ambiguität im Buch der Weisheit
âLuca Mazzinghi
Part 5: Irony in the New Testament
19 The Source of Irony in the Fourth Gospel
âJohn Painter
20 Disambiguating Forms of Irony in Second Corinthians 10â13
âMatthew Pawlak
Index of Subjects
This edited volume will be of interest to biblical scholars, theologians, pastoral workers, and students of biblical studies and theology, including undergraduates, Masterâs-level students, and doctoral students.