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On humour and the comic in the Hebrew Bible [electronic resource] / edited by Yehuda T. Radday & Athalya Brenner.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; ; 92. | Bible and literature series ; 23.Publication details: Sheffield, England : Almond Press, 1990.Description: 1 online resource (328 p.)ISBN:
  • 9780567202345 (electronic bk.)
  • 0567202348 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: On humour and the comic in the Hebrew Bible.DDC classification:
  • 221.6 20
LOC classification:
  • BS1171.2
Other classification:
  • 11.41
Online resources:
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
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.
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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.

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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

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