RT Book T1 Sarcasm in Paul's letters T2 Society for New Testament studies monograph series JF Monograph series / Society for New Testament Studies A1 Pawlak, Matthew 1991- LA English PP Cambridge New York, NY Port Melbourne New Delhi Singapore PB Cambridge University Press YR 2023 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1823218059 AB "In this book, Matthew Pawlak offers the first treatment of sarcasm in New Testament studies. He provides an extensive analysis of sarcastic passages across the undisputed letters of Paul, showing where Paul is sarcastic, and how his sarcasm affects our understanding of his rhetoric and relationships with the Early Christian congregations in Galatia, Rome, and Corinth. Pawlak's identification of sarcasm is supported by a dataset of 400 examples drawn from a broad range of ancient texts, including major case studies on Septuagint Job, the prophets, and Lucian of Samosata. These data enable the determination of the typical linguistic signals of sarcasm in ancient Greek, as well as its rhetorical functions. Pawlak also addresses several ongoing discussions in Pauline scholarship. His volume advances our understanding of the abrupt opening of Galatians, diatribe and Paul's hypothetical interlocutor in Romans, the "Corinthian slogans" of First Corinthians, and the "fool's speech" found within Second Corinthians 10-13"-- NO Includes bibliographical references and index CN BS2655.I76 SN 9781009271912 K1 Bible : Epistles of Paul : Language, style K1 Bible : Epistles of Paul : Criticism, interpretation, etc K1 Irony in the Bible K1 Rhetoric in the Bible K1 Rhetoric, Ancient DO 10.1017/9781009271912