Irony in the Bible - (Biblical Interpretation) (Hardcover)

About the Book

This volume reevaluates scholarly definitions of irony and the use of the term in biblical research, builds on existing methods of interpretation of ironic texts, offers judicious analyses of methodological approaches to irony in the Bible, and develops fresh insights into biblical passages.

Book Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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 26-52 (2022).