TY - BOOK AU - Bednarz,Terri TI - Humor in the Gospels: A Sourcebook for the Study of Humor in the New Testament, 1863-2014 SN - 9781498501378 AV - BS2545.W5 -- B43 2015eb U1 - 226/.066 PY - 2015/// CY - Lanham PB - Lexington Books/Fortress Academic KW - Wit and humor in the Bible KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4086437 ER -