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Irony and Meaning in the Hebrew Bible
Language: en
Pages: 384
Authors: Carolyn J. Sharp
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher:

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Was God being ironic in commanding Eve not to eat fruit from the tree of wisdom? Carolyn J. Sharp suggests that many stories in the Hebrew Scriptures may be iro
Irony and Meaning in the Hebrew Bible
Language: en
Pages: 377
Authors: Carolyn J. Sharp
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-12-23 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

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Was God being ironic in commanding Eve not to eat fruit from the tree of wisdom? Carolyn J. Sharp suggests that many stories in the Hebrew Scriptures may be iro
Interludes and Irony in the Ancestral Narrative
Language: en
Pages: 272
Authors: Jonathan A. Kruschwitz
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-12-18 - Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

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The stories of Hagar, Dinah, and Tamar stand out as strangers in the ancestral narrative. They deviate from the main plot and draw attention to the interests an
The Violence of Scripture
Language: en
Pages: 234
Authors: Eric A. Seibert
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher: Fortress Press

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No one can read far in the Old Testament without encountering numerous acts of violence that are sanctioned in the text and attributed to both God and humans. O
Irony in the Bible
Language: en
Pages: 350
Authors:
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-03-13 - Publisher: BRILL

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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 in