Download or read book Irony in the Matthean Passion Narrative written by InHee C. Berg and published by Augsburg Fortress Publishers. This book was released on 2014 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 studies particular aspects of the Matthean Passion Narrative.