Book contents
- Sarcasm in Paul’s Letters
- Society for New Testament Studies
- Sarcasm in Paul’s Letters
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- 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
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index of Ancient Sources
- Index of Modern Authors
- Subject Index
1 - Method, Defining Sarcasm, and the Scope of the Project
from Part I - What Is Sarcasm? How Is Sarcasm Expressed? What Does Sarcasm Do?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 December 2022
- Sarcasm in Paul’s Letters
- Society for New Testament Studies
- Sarcasm in Paul’s Letters
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- 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
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index of Ancient Sources
- Index of Modern Authors
- Subject Index
Summary
This chapter answers the question ‘What is sarcasm?’ by surveying ancient and modern treatments of irony and sarcasm, enabling us to disambiguate sarcasm from other forms of irony and facilitate the creation of a working definition of sarcasm that will serve throughout the project. I define sarcasm as a subset of verbal irony in which an utterance that would normally communicate a positive attitude or evaluation implies a negative attitude or evaluation.
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- Sarcasm in Paul’s Letters , pp. 9 - 44Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022