Biblical humor and performance : audience experiences that make meaning / edited by Peter S. Perry.

Other author Perry, Peter S., 1971- editor.
Format Book
PublicationEugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2023]
Copyright Date©2023
Descriptionxxxii, 255 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects

SeriesBiblical performance criticism series
Biblical performance criticism ; 20. ^A1143863
Contents And now for something completely different : an introduction to humor and Biblical performance / Peter S. Perry -- Humor and performance in Ecclesiastes 7:23-8:2 / Knut M. Heim -- Elijah the "professional extrovert" / Jeanette Mathews -- The Purim Spiel 2022 : Two queens always beat a king / Leonard Greenspoon -- Jesus asleep on the job? : analyzing an incongruity in Mark 4:35-41 / Jon-Michael Carman -- Funny you should ask : reflections on thirty-plus years of discovering, embodying, and performaning Biblical humor / Tracy Radosevic -- "One thing I know" is that you should know better : humor in John 9 / Britt Leslie -- Hearing humor in the invective against Esau : a performance-critical analysis of Hebrews 12:16 / Jason A. Whitlark, / Jon-Michael Carman -- Humor and humility in performance of John's apocalypse / Peter S. Perry -- No laughing matter? : violence and humor in the infancy gospel of Thomas / Michael R. Whitenton.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index
ISBN9781666711295
ISBN1666711292 (paperback)
ISBN9781666711301 (hardcover)
ISBN1666711306 (hardcover)

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