The Bible and the Comic Vision
This book explores the place of comedy in the Hebrew Bible. It shows how the comic vision plays a profound and pervasive role in such central biblical books as Genesis, Exodus, Esther, Jonah, Job and the Song of Songs. Arguing that comedy often moves between the poles of satiric attack and joyous celebration, the study highlights how biblical comedy serves as a vital strategy to deal with death and despair and to revel in the laughter of life and love.
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The Bible and the Comic Vision
This book explores the place of comedy in the Hebrew Bible. It shows how the comic vision plays a profound and pervasive role in such central biblical books as Genesis, Exodus, Esther, Jonah, Job and the Song of Songs. Arguing that comedy often moves between the poles of satiric attack and joyous celebration, the study highlights how biblical comedy serves as a vital strategy to deal with death and despair and to revel in the laughter of life and love.
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The Bible and the Comic Vision

The Bible and the Comic Vision

by J. William Whedbee
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The Bible and the Comic Vision

by J. William Whedbee

Overview

This book explores the place of comedy in the Hebrew Bible. It shows how the comic vision plays a profound and pervasive role in such central biblical books as Genesis, Exodus, Esther, Jonah, Job and the Song of Songs. Arguing that comedy often moves between the poles of satiric attack and joyous celebration, the study highlights how biblical comedy serves as a vital strategy to deal with death and despair and to revel in the laughter of life and love.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781451410051
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress, Publishers
Publication date: 12/31/2008
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 407 KB

About the Author

J. William Whedbee is the Nancy M. Lyon Professor of Biblical Literature and History at Pomona College (Claremont, California). He is also the author of Isaiah and Wisdom.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsviii
Note on translation and transliterationxii
Introduction: An Anatomy of Comedy in the Bible1
Part IThe Genesis of Comedy-the Comedy of Genesis15
1The Comedy of Creation (Genesis 1-11)19
2Domestic Comedy in the Household of Faith (Genesis 12-50)64
Part IIThe Drive to Comic Regeneration127
3Liberation and Laughter: Exodus and Esther129
4Jonah as Joke191
5The Comedy of Job221
6Paradox and Parody in the Song of Solomon263
Conclusion: A Comprehensive View of Biblical Comedy278
Bibliography289
Index of Authors301
Index of Biblical References304
Index of Topics312
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