On humour and the comic in the Hebrew Bible. (1990)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Yehuda T. Radday & Athalya Brenner.
• Other Names: Radday, Yehuda Thomas; Brenner-Idan, Athalya
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Sheffield, England : Almond Press
• Publication Date: 1990
• Extent: 1 online resource (328 pages)
• Subjects: 221.6; Wit and humor in the Bible; RELIGION -- Biblical Criticism & Interpretation -- Old Testament; Humorismo en la Biblia; Wit and humor in the Bible; Oude Testament; Humor (grappigheden); Het komische; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780567202345; 0567202348; 6611814108; 9786611814106
• Related ISBNs: 1850752419; 9781850752417; 1850757011; 9781850757016
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.