Libro Illuminating Humor of the Bible De Walker, Steven

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

Steven Walker

Editorial

Cascade Books

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

256

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

22.6 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm

Peso

0.36 kg.

ISBN13

9781620321485

Categorías

Historia y crítica literaria
Biblias
Crítica y exégesis de textos sagrados

Illuminating Humor of the Bible

Steven Walker (Autor) · Cascade Books · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "Illuminating Humor of the Bible"

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.