King and a Fool?
Subtitle: The Succession Narrative As a Satire
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9789004411715
Subjects: Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., o. t. historical books
Description: "In A King and a Fool? The Succession Narrative as a Satire Virginia Miller applies a new version of Douglas Muecke's taxonomy of irony to the Succession Narrative. She argues that the narrative in Second Samuel and First Kings has the essential feature of satire, namely, a pervasive sense of pejoratively critical irony. By her account, King David is the object of ironic attack, and therefore, an object of condemnation. Given that the primary purpose of satire is reform, Miller claims that the purpose of the Succession Narrative is a call for reform in the leadership of Israel"--