Humanist Comic Elements in Aristophanes and the Old Testament / / Benjamin M. Lazarus.

Lazarus compares and discusses comic elements used for didactic purposes in two separate literary traditions: Old Testament narrative and Aristophanic Comedies. Given that humour relies on taking people's ideas of what is normal and making them incongruous, this volume examines these very diffe...

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Place / Publishing House:Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2014]
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Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Series:Biblical Intersections ; Volume
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Physical Description:1 online resource (317 p.)
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t TABLE OF CONTENTS --   |t ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --   |t INTRODUCTION --   |t COMIC THEORY AND THE OLD TESTAMENT --   |t CHAPTER 1: BALAAM AND PEACE --   |t CHAPTER 2: BIRDS AND SAMSON --   |t CHAPTER 3: FROGS AND JONAH --   |t CHAPTER 4: TOBIT AND WEALTH --   |t CONCLUSION --   |t BIBLIOGRAPHY --   |t INDEX 
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