The Bible And The Comic Vision

Author : J. William Whedbee
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1998-05-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0521495075

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The Bible and the Comic Vision by J. William Whedbee Pdf

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 : John Morreall
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1999-05-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781438413624

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Comedy, Tragedy, and Religion by John Morreall Pdf

CHOICE2000 Outstanding Academic Title Comedy, tragedy, and religion have been intertwined since ancient Greece, where comedy and tragedy arose as religious rituals. This groundbreaking book analyzes the worldviews of tragedy and comedy, and compares each with the world's major religions. Morreall contrasts the tragic and comic along twenty psychological and social dimensions and uses these to analyze both Eastern and Western traditions. Although no religion embodies a purely tragic or comic vision of life, some are mostly tragic and others mostly comic. In Eastern religions, Morreall finds no robust tragic vision but does find significant comic features, especially in Taoism and Zen Buddhism. In the Western monotheistic tradition, there are some comic features in the early Bible, but by the late Hebrew Bible, the tragic vision dominates. Two millennia have done little to reverse that tragic vision in Judaism. Christianity, on the other hand, has shown both tragic and comic features—Morreall writes of the Calvinist vision and the Franciscan vision—but in the contemporary era comic features have come to dominate. The author also explores Islam, and finds it has neither a comic nor a tragic vision. And, among new religions, those which emphasize the personal self come close to having an exclusively comic vision of life.

Author : Yehuda Thomas Radday,Yehuda T. Radday,Athalya Brenner
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1990-01-01
Category : Bible
ISBN : 9781850757016

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On Humour and the Comic in the Hebrew Bible by Yehuda Thomas Radday,Yehuda T. Radday,Athalya Brenner Pdf

Author : M. Conrad Hyers
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0804216533

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And God Created Laughter by M. Conrad Hyers Pdf

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
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2002-11-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230287235

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William Blake’s Comic Vision by N. Rawlinson Pdf

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 : Kingstone Media Group, Inc.
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 840 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781414396675

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The Epic Bible by Kingstone Media Group, Inc. Pdf

"Unabridged version previously published in 2016 in three volumes as The Kingstone Bible by Kingstone Comics."

Author : Athalya Brenner-Idan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2003-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780826426277

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Are We Amused? by Athalya Brenner-Idan Pdf

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.

Author : Melissa Jackson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780199656776

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Comedy and Feminist Interpretation of the Hebrew Bible by Melissa Jackson Pdf

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
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780718895556

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Laughter and the Grace of God by Brian Edgar Pdf

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.

Author : Steven Walker
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781621897125

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Illuminating Humor of the Bible by Steven Walker Pdf

Humor smiles and chuckles and sometimes laughs so loud in virtually every book of the Bible, so it's remarkable how readers manage to overlook it. It's also unfortunate. Humor graces biblical texts at so many levels that to miss the humor is to miss not only much of the emotional impact of the Bible, but much of its meaning. Illuminating Humor of the Bible shows how--and how much--comic elements contribute to understanding the most vital book in our culture. Biblical humor has been seriously underestimated. We have not begun to appreciate why humor winks with such unexpected frequency and understated significance from this revered text. It's time to shine a spotlight on scriptural wit to illuminate the ways humor refracts biblical meaning. Unveiled by the frank perspective of humor, Bible texts reveal implications that will surprise the most informed readers. The reader-response lamp of humor lights up dark corners of biblical significance inaccessible until now. Awareness of the irony and wit and satire and slapstick enables not just better readings, but better ways to read. Go where no Bible reader has gone before. Try eight fresh and relevant methods of reading the Bible better through the lens of its humor.

Author : Mark W. Elliott
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493422180

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Providence by Mark W. Elliott Pdf

Addressing a topic of perennial interest in Christian theology, this volume offers a constructive account of the doctrine of providence. Mark Elliott shows that, contrary to received opinion, the Bible has a lot to say about providence as a distinct doctrine within the wider scope of God's acts of salvation. This book by a leading scholar of Christian theology and exegesis is a capstone of years of research on the history and theology of the doctrine of providence.

Author : Paul M. Blowers
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780192595935

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Visions and Faces of the Tragic by Paul M. Blowers Pdf

Despite the pervasive early Christian repudiation of pagan theatrical art, especially prior to Constantine, this monograph demonstrates the increasing attention of late-ancient Christian authors to the genre of tragedy as a basis to explore the complexities of human finitude, suffering, and mortality in relation to the wisdom, justice, and providence of God. The book argues that various Christian writers, particularly in the post-Constantinian era, were keenly devoted to the mimesis, or imaginative re-presentation, of the tragic dimension of creaturely existence more than with simply mimicking the poetics of the classical Greek and Roman tragedians. It analyses a whole array of hermeneutical, literary, and rhetorical manifestations of “tragical mimesis” in early Christian writing, which, capitalizing on the elements of tragedy already perceptible in biblical revelation, aspired to deepen and edify Christian engagement with multiform evil and with the extreme vicissitudes of historical existence. Early Christian tragical mimetics included not only interpreting (and often amplifying) the Bible's own tragedies for contemporary audiences, but also developing models of the Christian self as a tragic self, revamping the Christian moral conscience as a tragical conscience, and cultivating a distinctively Christian tragical pathos. The study culminates in an extended consideration of the theological intelligence and accountability of “tragical vision” and tragical mimesis in early Christian literary culture, and the unique role of the theological virtue of hope in its repertoire of tragical emotions.

Author : Paul R. House
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : History
ISBN : 093146465X

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Beyond Form Criticism by Paul R. House Pdf

Literary analysis has stimulated discussion in many areas, generated excitement among scholars, and offered new ways of studying the Bible for a wide variety of readers. The works chosen exhibit why literary criticism has grown from a "passing fad" to a, hopefully, lasting part of Old Testament research. The format of this collection seeks to address two very basic areas. Biblical studies both introduce and implement critical methodologies. Scholars choose approaches and then use them to explain texts. Therefore at least two articles appear for each literary approach in the sections below. One article has been chosen to help the reader define an individual type of literary analysis. Subsequent articles then use the methodology to explain an Old Testament text. In this way both an approach's theoretical and practical value can be judged. - Editor's preface.

Author : Christopher Dreisbach
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532655999

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Your God is Too Somber by Christopher Dreisbach Pdf

Your God is too somber if your posture before him lacks a spirit of joy and a commitment to rejoice as much as possible. While life has its sadness and tragedy, the good news of Jesus Christ is that God’s kingdom has won; and the suffering we face for a time is shorter compared with the endless delight that God promises. So, “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice!” (Phil 4:4). Your God is too somber if you embrace a theology of tears, rather than a theology of laughter. Of course, salvation and Christ’s sacrifice are serious business, and we should engage in moments of penitential reflection, confession, and atonement. But all of this so we can shake off the shackles of our shortcomings and celebrate God fully and joyfully. Your God is too somber if you fail to see the humor in the Bible: the calls to joy, paradox, irony, burlesque, play, and wordplay. God laughs, sometimes with us, sometimes at us, and Jesus’s humor is evident in parables and sayings, with the goal of teaching us the truth. Is your God too somber? This book aims to help you answer that question.

Author : Victoria Adams
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-06-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725262461

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Redefining Job and the Conundrum of Suffering by Victoria Adams Pdf

As a species, we are storytellers. Our best stories, those that endure for generations, are stories of trials and suffering and of surmounting the challenges set before us. The biblical Job is such a story, one that has become encrusted with centuries of interpretations. Redefining Job and the Conundrum of Suffering sets out to retell the story, to make "once upon a time" have meaning for us today. The best way to break old patterns is to start from scratch. Redefining Job dissects the story, the history of interpretations, and the history of how humanity has dealt with suffering. As the story is rebuilt with different insights gained from research in biblical studies, humanities, and science, the message can be viewed in a fresh light. The author of Job lived at a time when knowledge was expanding and our perception of our place in the universe was changing. From this perspective, Job becomes a hero. No longer patiently waiting for some ambiguous answer, he is demanding something more of his Maker. "Before I heard, but now I see" becomes an affirmation that he grasped a new path to discovering why we suffer and how we should respond.