Humanist Comic Elements in Aristophanes and the Old Testament /

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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Biblical Intersections ; Volume
Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- COMIC THEORY AND THE OLD TESTAMENT -- CHAPTER 1: BALAAM AND PEACE -- CHAPTER 2: BIRDS AND SAMSON -- CHAPTER 3: FROGS AND JONAH -- CHAPTER 4: TOBIT AND WEALTH -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
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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 different texts to see how they use that comic incongruity to help define what it means to be human within the hierarchy of the universe.
Issued also in print.
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In English.
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RELIGION / Christianity / Literature & the Arts. bisacsh
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Biblical Intersections ;
Frontmatter --
TABLE OF CONTENTS --
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
INTRODUCTION --
COMIC THEORY AND THE OLD TESTAMENT --
CHAPTER 1: BALAAM AND PEACE --
CHAPTER 2: BIRDS AND SAMSON --
CHAPTER 3: FROGS AND JONAH --
CHAPTER 4: TOBIT AND WEALTH --
CONCLUSION --
BIBLIOGRAPHY --
INDEX
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title_alt Frontmatter --
TABLE OF CONTENTS --
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
INTRODUCTION --
COMIC THEORY AND THE OLD TESTAMENT --
CHAPTER 1: BALAAM AND PEACE --
CHAPTER 2: BIRDS AND SAMSON --
CHAPTER 3: FROGS AND JONAH --
CHAPTER 4: TOBIT AND WEALTH --
CONCLUSION --
BIBLIOGRAPHY --
INDEX
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contents Frontmatter --
TABLE OF CONTENTS --
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --
INTRODUCTION --
COMIC THEORY AND THE OLD TESTAMENT --
CHAPTER 1: BALAAM AND PEACE --
CHAPTER 2: BIRDS AND SAMSON --
CHAPTER 3: FROGS AND JONAH --
CHAPTER 4: TOBIT AND WEALTH --
CONCLUSION --
BIBLIOGRAPHY --
INDEX
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