Studia Antiqua
Keywords
Biblical studies, carnivalesque, literary humor, Israelite society
Abstract
While humor is a difficult feature to identify in the Bible, the concept of the “carnivalesque”—a form of literary humor with sociological implications, coined by Mikhail Bakhtin — is much easier to apply. I argue for the presence of carnivalesque themes in the Elijah narrative of 1 Kings 18 which give a subtle, implicit social commentary on Israelite society.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Bryner, Paul. "The Carnivalesque and the Carmel Competition in 1 Kings 18." Studia Antiqua 22, no. 1 (2023). https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/studiaantiqua/vol22/iss1/2
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