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1 online resource (368 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I: Introduction; 1 Studying Jewish Humor; 2 A Word on the Sources: Biblical, Talmudic, and Midrashic Literature; Part II: Heavenly Humor; 3 Does God Have a Sense of Humor?; 4 Biblical Humor: From Irony, Sarcasm, Wordplay to Humorous Imagery; 5 No Match for God: Satan as Trickster; Part III: Humor in the Talmud and Midrash; 6. Humor in the Talmud and Midrash: An Overview; 7 Recurring Characters and Themes; 8 Satire, Irony, and Self-Deprecating Humor; 9 Sarcasm |
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10 Exaggerated Imagery and Other Hyperbole11 Wordplay: Puns, Acrostics, and Riddles; 12 Humorous Sayings and Remarks; 13 Allegories, Parables, and Fables; 14 Talmudic Tales; 15 Humorous Cases and Other Absurdities; Part IV Conclusion; 16 Is There a "Jewish" Sense of Humor?; Appendixes; Appendix A: Important Dates In Jewish History; Appendix B: The Time Periods of the Talmudic Sages; Appendix C: The Sages and Their Generations; Appendix D: Classic Commentators; Appendix E: Mostly Punch Lines, an Index of Jokes; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
"Humor has had a profound effect on the way the Jewish people see the world, and has sustained them through millennia of hardships and suffering. God Laughed reviews, organizes, and categorizes the humor of the ancient Jewish texts-the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, and Midrash-in a clear, readable, and accessible manner. These works have influenced the Jewish people in many ways, and all are replete with humor and wit. Inevitably, this oeuvre of Jewish humor has itself influenced generations of comics, as well as genres of humor. The authors use examples of Biblical humor from several broad categories, including irony, sarcasm, wordplay, humorous names, humorous imagery, and humorous situations. Because their primary purpose is not to entertain, but to teach humanity how to live the ideal life, much of the humor in the Talmud and the Midrash has a single purpose: to demonstrate that evil is wrong and even, at times, ludicrous. This may help explain why approximately 1,500 years after its closing, the Talmud is still such a fascinating work. God Laughed is the latest addition to Transaction's Jewish Studies series."--Provided by publisher |
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Print version record |
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Jewish wit and humor -- History and criticism
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Wit and humor in the Bible.
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Wit and humor in rabbinical literature.
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Jewish wit and humor
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Wit and humor in rabbinical literature
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Wit and humor in the Bible
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Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351517188 |
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135151718X |
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