Matthew Pawlak (Luxembourg School of Religion & Society)

Sarcasm in Paul's Letters

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is the first treatment of sarcasm in New Testament studies. A direct contribution to work on Paul, and with interdisciplinary case studies on the Septuagint and Lucian, anyone working with ancient Greek texts containing irony-whether in theology, religious studies, Old Testament, classics, or humour studies-will need to cite this book.

Produktdetails

• Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9781009271912
• ISBN-10: 1009271911
• Artikelnr.: 64294505

Autorenporträt

Matthew Pawlak is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Tübingen. He completed his Ph.D. in Theology and Religious Studies in 2020 at the University of Cambridge. His research has appeared in major academic journals across the disciplines of New Testament, Jewish Studies, Septuagint, and humour studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. What is Sarcasm? How is Sarcasm Expressed? What Does Sarcasm Do?: 1. Method, defining sarcasm, and the scope of the project
2. Sarcasm in the septuagint: with special reference to Job and the prophets
3. Sarcasm in Ancient Greek texts: with special reference to Lucian
Part II. Sarcasm in Paul's Letters: 4. Sarcasm in Galatians
5. Sarcasm in Romans: with special reference to diatribe and voice
6. Sarcasm in First Corinthians
7. Sarcasm (and asteismos) in Second Corinthians
9. Conclusion.