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On humour and the comic in the Hebrew Bible / edited by Yehuda T. Radday & Athalya Brenner.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 92.
- Bible and literature series ; 23.
- Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 92
- Bible and literature series ; 23
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Old Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bible.
- Wit and humor in the Bible.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (329 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Sheffield, England : Almond Press, 1990.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In comparison with other literary aspects of the Old Testament, humour has suffered much scholarly neglect. The present collection of essays (by the editors and ten other authors) argues that humour is plentiful in biblical literature and that many passages, indeed even whole books, can be properly understood only when the humorous intention of the author is acknowledged. This collection is a particularly interesting, innovative and provocative one.
- Contents:
- Contents; Abbreviations and Acknowledgment; List of Contributors; 1. BETWEEN INTENTIONALITY AND RECEPTION: ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND APPLICATION (A PREVIEW); 2. ON MISSING THE HUMOUR IN THE BIBLE: AN INTRODUCTION; PART I: In general; 3. ON THE SEMANTIC FIELD OF HUMOUR, LAUGHTER, AND THE COMIC IN THE OLD TESTAMENT; 4. HUMOUR IN NAMES; 5. HUMOUR AS A TOOL FOR BIBLICAL EXEGESIS; PART II: In particular; 6. ISAAC, SAMSON, AND SAUL: REFLECTIONS ON THE COMIC AND TRAGIC VISIONS; 7. WIT, WORDS, AND A WOMAN: 1 SAMUEL 25; 8. IS HUMOUR ALSO AMONG THE PROPHETS?; 9. JOKING IN JEREMIAH 18
- 10. LAUGHING AT THE BIBLE: JONAH AS PARODY; 11. THE COMEDY OF JOB; 12. 'COME BACK, COME BACK THE SHULAMMITE' (SONG OF SONGS 7.1-10): A PARODY OF THE WASF GENRE; 13. QOHELET'S FOOL: A COMPOSITE PORTRAIT; 14. ESTHER WITH HUMOUR; Select Bibliography; Index of Biblical References; Index of Authors
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographies and indexes.
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9786611814106
- 9781281814104
- 1281814105
- 9780567202345
- 0567202348
- OCLC:
- 608571006
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