Author: J. William Whedbee
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521495073
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 336
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Apart from the occasional recognition of comic forms or motifs in biblical dress, the vast majority of interpreters have usually discounted or even disdained the possibility of the Bible having any significant place for the comic vision. This book attempts to make amends for this short-sighted, prejudicial perspective.
Author: Athalya Brenner-Idan
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0567202348
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 329
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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 understood only when the humorous intention of the author is acknowledged. This collection is a particularly interesting, innovative and provocative one.
Author: Kingstone Media Group, Inc.
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 1414396678
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 840
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"Unabridged version previously published in 2016 in three volumes as The Kingstone Bible by Kingstone Comics."
Author: M. Conrad Hyers
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780804216531
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 148
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Recognizing "a playful spirit" as part of our human makeup, Conrad Hyers shows how laughter and humor are integral to our serious study of the Bible. He opens the joy of understanding the Bible in its fullness. With the darker realities of the Bible -- sin, suffering, and death -- there coexists a lighter side -- laughter, humor, and playfulness. Competent biblical study requires both perspectives. This highly readable, preachable, and teachable work gives ministers, students, lay readers a valuable tool for recovering the spirit and offers a chance to share in the celebration of life and the divine comedy of faith, hope, and love.
Author: N. Rawlinson
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230287239
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Blake's comic brilliance has been variously dismissed as the nervous ramblings of a neglected genius, the tomfool doodles of a distracted youngster, or a crude tool for destabilizing textual authority. But, for the eighteenth century, comedy played a pivotal role in debates on aesthetics, education, spirituality and morality. This exciting new study blends a close reading of Blake's early work with fascinating historical research to demonstrate that the comic was an essential component of Blake's artistic Vision.
Author: Yehuda Thomas Radday
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1850757011
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 329
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Author: Athalya Brenner-Idan
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0826426271
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 170
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Biblical humor about women and gender remains elusive for many readers, for its recognition may imply the realization that it's a cruel and disrespectful humor, ridicule rather than good-natured fun. But viewing humor as social critique, as is largely done in the essays in this volume, with respect to both the texts read and their actual or implied author, may be fun as well as significant for understanding the biblical worlds. As most of the essays show, writing about women is writing about men as well. In other words, it is writing about gender roles. The critique of women, womanhood and femaleness implied by biblical and related texts serves, in equal measure, as a critique of men, manhood and maleness in the texts, of the texts authors, and of the texts' commentators and readers. Contributors include Scott Spencer, Mary Shields, Kathleen O'Connor, Toni Craven, Kathy Williams, Athalya Brenner, Gale Yee, Amy-Jill Levine, and Esther Fuchs.
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Publisher: Marvel
ISBN: 9780785196570
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 136
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The Vision wants to be human, and what's more human than family? So he heads back to the beginning, to the laboratory where Ultron created him and molded him into a weapon. The place where he first rebelled against his given destiny and imagined that he could be more -that he could be a man. There, he builds them. A wife, Virginia. Two teenage twins, Viv and Vin. They look like him. They have his powers. They share his grandest ambition -or is that obsession? -the unrelenting need to be ordinary. Behold the Visions! COLLECTING: VISION 1-6
Author: Melissa Jackson
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199656770
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 296
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This book explores the Hebrew Bible for evidence of comedy and further asks how reading the Hebrew Bible through a comic "lens" might positively inform feminist interpretation. The exploration is conducted with a number of Hebrew Bible narratives, all of which prominently involve female characters.
Author: Brian Edgar
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 071889555X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 170
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We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh, and this is true of our relationship with God. Thomas Aquinas spoke of the sin of having too little laughter as well as the danger of having too much, while Martin Luther said, ‘If you’re not allowed to laugh in heaven, I don’t want to go there.’ Having a sense of humour is essential for maturity in faith and holiness, but sadly, the role that laughter plays in life and spirituality have often been neglected. Laughter and the Grace of God restores laughter to its central place in Christian spirituality and theology by examining its role in Scripture and highlighting its presence in unexpected places, including the story of Abraham and the formation of the covenant, and the tragedy of Job. Laughter can be found in the incarnation, the resurrection, and even the crucifixion – Jesus is himself the great laugh-maker – and it is nothing less than a participation in the life and love of God.
