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Humor in the Gospels : A Sourcebook for the Study of Humor in the New Testament, 1863-2014.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (355 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498501378
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Humor in the GospelsDDC classification:
  • 226/.066
LOC classification:
  • BS2545.W5 -- B43 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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