Humor in the Gospels : a sourcebook for the study of humor in the New Testament, 1863-2014 / Terri Bednarz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bednarz, Terri, 1962-

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wit and humor in the Bible.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (355 p.)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Lexington Books, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Humor in the Gospels offers a comprehensive history of the various scholarly approaches to the study of humor in the Gospels over the past 150 years. It explores the barriers, insights, and advances in the field of biblical humor and offers an extensive bibliography for further study.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 The Quest for Gospel Humor; 2 The Humor Taboo; 3 The Humor of the Absurd; 4 The Seriousness of Humor in the Teachings of Jesus; 5 The Comic and the Playful in the Teachings of Jesus; 6 The Cynic and the Rogue; 7 The Comic Savant and His Prophetic Humor; 8 Taking Humor Seriously; 9 The Laughing Jesus; 10 A Synopsis of Humor Rhetoric in the Quest Periods; Bibliography; Index of Authors; Index of Subjects, Terms, and Humor Keywords; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-66699-937-7

1-4985-0137-0

OCLC:

920466371