| Description |
1 online resource (328 pages) |
| Series |
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 92 |
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Bible and literature series ; 23 |
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 92.
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Bible and literature series ; 23.
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| 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 |
| Analysis |
Bible O.T. - Critical studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 21, 2021) |
| SUBJECT |
Bible. Old Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Biblia. A.T. -- CrÃtica e interpretación embne |
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Bible. Old Testament fast |
| Subject |
Wit and humor in the Bible.
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RELIGION -- Biblical Criticism & Interpretation -- Old Testament.
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Humorismo en la Biblia
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Wit and humor in the Bible
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Oude Testament.
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Humor (grappigheden)
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Het komische.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Radday, Yehuda Thomas, editor.
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Brenner-Idan, Athalya, editor.
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| ISBN |
9780567202345 |
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0567202348 |
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