Reduced Laughter : (Record no. 111864)
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| International Standard Book Number | 9789004322363 |
| Qualifying information | (electronic bk.) |
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| Canceled/invalid ISBN | 9789004322349 |
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| System control number | (OCoLC)948671116 |
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| Original cataloging agency | MiAaPQ |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
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| Transcribing agency | MiAaPQ |
| Modifying agency | MiAaPQ |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | BS1335.6.W58 -- .P39 2016eb |
| 082 0# - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 222.506 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Paynter, Helen. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Reduced Laughter : |
| Remainder of title | Seriocomic Features and Their Functions in the Book of Kings. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Boston : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | BRILL, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2016. |
| 264 #4 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | ©2016. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (256 pages) |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
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| Media type term | computer |
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| Carrier type term | online resource |
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| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT | |
| Series statement | Biblical Interpretation Series ; |
| Volume/sequential designation | v.142 |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Miscellaneous Conventions -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Humorous Genres within the Bible? -- Humour, Truth and Gravity -- How we Read the Bible -- Outline of the Investigation -- Chapter 2 Some Unanswered Questions in the Book of Kings -- The Interplay of Diachronic and Synchronic Approaches to the Text -- Methodological Decisions -- The Central Portion of Kings -- Enigma: The Ethical Content of the Prophets' Actions -- Enigma: The Prominence of Israel and the Peculiar Privilege of Aram -- Enigma: The Command-Prophecy formula in I Kings 19:15-17 -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Seriocomic Readings and the Mise-en-abyme: Useful Heuristics for Biblical Criticism? -- Introduction to the Life and Work of Bakhtin -- Bakhtin and the Dialogical Novel -- Bakhtin and Carnival -- Menippean Satire -- Transferability to the Bible? -- Polyphony and the Hebrew Bible -- Carnival and the Hebrew Bible -- Biblical Scholarship and Bakhtin -- Towards a Diagnostic Heuristic -- Mise-en-abyme -- Chapter 4 An Investigation into the Seriocomic Elements at the Heart of Kings -- Francisco García-Treto on Jehu -- Examining for Diagnostic Features of the Seriocomic Genre -- Violation of Linguistic Norms -- Inversion of Hierarchy and Reversals -- Masking and Foolery -- Feasting -- Transgression of Bodily Barriers and the Grotesque -- Profanation of the Sacred -- Fantasticality -- Comparison with Similar Passages in the Rest of Kings -- Comparison with Parallel Passages in Chronicles -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Anti-prophetic Rhetoric -- The Prophets of Baal -- False Prophets of YHWH -- Elijah -- Elijah's Self-pity? -- Elijah's Hubris? -- Elisha -- The Word of YHWH and the Prophet -- The Magic of the Man of God? -- Elisha's Reputation -- The Lying Prophet? -- The Irony of the Bears. |
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| Formatted contents note | Satire of the Shunammite -- Naaman and the Servants -- Evidence for an Anti-prophetic Satire -- Chapter 6 The Command-Prophecy Formula -- Establishing an Inclusio -- Crowning-decrowning -- Limits of the Central Section -- Setting Up a Parallelism -- Chapter 7 Satire against Kings and Nations -- Critique of Aram Mirrored upon Israel -- The Wise and Foolish Kings -- The Blinding of the Aramean Soldiers and the Siege of Samaria -- Use of Pagan Nations to Critique Israel? -- Extension of the Critique to Judah -- Binding the Three Nations Together -- Pollution of the House of Judah with Omride Blood -- Athaliah Paralleling Jezebel -- Other Comparisons of Judah with the House of Ahab -- The Damascus Altar -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8 Conclusion -- Evaluation -- Clustering of Seriocomic Features -- Accounting for Difficulties in the Text -- Coherence-Comparison with the Overall Theology of Kings -- Comparison with the Work of Other Scholars -- Humour in Kings? -- Is YHWH a Player in the Carnival? -- Potential Criticisms -- Could the Author have been this Subtle? -- Could the Author have Expected his Reader to be this Perceptive? -- Why has the Reading Remained Undetected Previously? -- Are the Features Just Indicative of Source Diversity? -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendix 1 The χ-squared Test Applied to Rendsburg's Findings of Variant Linguistic Features in the Northern Narratives of Kings -- Appendix 2 Seriocomic Events of the Central Part of Kings, Itemised by Chapter -- Bibliography -- Index of Authorities -- Index of Biblical References -- Index of Subjects. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | 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. |
| 588 ## - SOURCE OF DESCRIPTION NOTE | |
| Source of description note | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Bible.-Kings-Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Wit and humor in the Bible. |
| 655 #4 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Electronic books. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Relationship information | Print version: |
| Main entry heading | Paynter, Helen |
| Title | Reduced Laughter |
| Place, publisher, and date of publication | Boston : BRILL,c2016 |
| International Standard Book Number | 9789004322349 |
| 797 2# - LOCAL ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME (RLIN) | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | ProQuest (Firm) |
| 830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE | |
| Uniform title | Biblical Interpretation Series |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4547308">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4547308</a> |
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