On humour and the comic in the Hebrew Bible /
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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sheffield, England :
Almond Press,
1990.
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Colección: | Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;
92. Bible and literature series ; 23. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.