Satire


Literary Form

The exposure of human vice or folly through ridicule or rebuke, usually with a comic or sarcastic tone. It consists of an object of attack, a satiric vehicle (often a story but can be as specific as a metaphor), and a satiric norm (the stated or implied standard by which the object of attack is criticized).

(The Origin of the Bible: Newly Updated by F. F. Bruce, J. I. Packer, Philip W. Comfort, and Carl F. H. Henry, 2020. The Bible as Literature by Leland Ryken, Page 146)

In the Bible

Satire is throughout the Bible in the exposure of character flaws, the Wisdom Literature against human failings like greed, laziness, self-indulgence, and folly. It is concentrated in the Prophets, though.

(The Origin of the Bible: Newly Updated by F. F. Bruce, J. I. Packer, Philip W. Comfort, and Carl F. H. Henry, 2020. The Bible as Literature by Leland Ryken, Page 146)