Berg, Inhee C.

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Irony and the Matthean Passion Narrative -- A General Overview of Irony -- Conventional Ironies -- Irony of the Matthean Passion Narrative -- Theology of the Matthean Passion Narrative: The Meaning of the Death of Jesus through the Lens of Irony -- Bibliography -- Indexes.

Irony (as used here) is a rhetorical and literary device for revealing "what is hidden behind what is seen." It thus offers the reader a superior understanding by means of the distinction between reality and its shadow. The book provides a history of different definitions of iro…

Irony is a rhetorical and literary device for revealing "what is hidden behind what is seen." This book provides a history of different definitions of irony, from Aristophanes to Booth; discusses the constitutive formal elements of irony and the functions of irony; and then stud…