Sharp devotes special attention to how irony destabilizes dominant ways in which the Bible is read today, especially when it touches on questions of conflict, gender, and the Other.
Sharp devotes special attention to how irony destabilizes dominant ways in which the Bible is read today, especially when it touches on questions of conflict, gender, and the Other.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Carolyn J. Sharp is Associate Professor of Hebrew Scriptures at Yale Divinity School. She is author of Prophecy and Ideology in Jeremiah: Struggles for Authority in the Deutero-Jeremianic Prose; and Old Testament Prophets for Today.
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Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Interpreting Irony: Rhetorical, Hermeneutical, and Theological Possibilities Irony and Contemporary Methodological Debates Method: Multiaxial Cartography Leaving the Garden: The Wisdom of Irony 2. 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 3. The Prostitute as Icon of the Ironic Gaze Tamar the Righteous Rahab the Clever Jael the Bold Gomer the Beloved Ruth the Loyal 4. 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 5. "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 6. Conclusion Irony and Scriptural Signifying Leaving the Garden Again: New Beginnings Notes Bibliography Index of Biblical Passages Author Index Subject Index
Contents Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Interpreting Irony: Rhetorical, Hermeneutical, and Theological Possibilities Irony and Contemporary Methodological Debates Method: Multiaxial Cartography Leaving the Garden: The Wisdom of Irony 2. 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 3. The Prostitute as Icon of the Ironic Gaze Tamar the Righteous Rahab the Clever Jael the Bold Gomer the Beloved Ruth the Loyal 4. 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 5. "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 6. Conclusion Irony and Scriptural Signifying Leaving the Garden Again: New Beginnings Notes Bibliography Index of Biblical Passages Author Index Subject Index
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