The Bible and the Comic Vision

by J. William Whedbee

Book Overview

This insightful work examines the variety of ways comedy is employed in the Old Testament. Biblical comedy unveils "a comic vision that oscillates between attack and affirmation, corrective and celebration, ridicule and revel." Here Whedbee reveals the subtle uses of parody and satire to subversive effect in six biblical books. But "the Bible characteristically does not stop with subversion, for the texts usually drive on toward an affirmation of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800634861
• ISBN13: 9780800634865
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.6"