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Lions and Ovens and Visions

A Satirical Reading of Daniel 1-6

  • Hardback
  • 244 pages
  • Publisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.5 cm

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Are the stories of Daniel at the court of the Persian king simply cheerful tales of a clever and successful courtier, as many assume? Valeta doubts it, insisting that the playful and fantastic storyline must have a more serious meaning.

The key to these narratives lies in their genre. These tales of lions and ovens and the like are examples of Menippean satire, argues Valeta, an ancient genre foregrounded in modern literary study by Bakhtin, who saw in the characteristic interplay of voices in the Menippean satire a prime instance of his

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  • Author

    David Valeta

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Sheffield Phoenix Press

  • Published

    June 2008

  • Weight

    518g

  • Page Count

    244

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.5 cm

  • ISBN

    9781905048533

  • ISBN-10

    190504853X

  • Eden Code

    1187706

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