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Humor in the Gospels offers a comprehensive history of the various scholarly approaches to the study of humor in the Gospels over the past 150 years. It explores the barriers, insights, and advances in the field of biblical humor and offers an extensive bibliography for further study.
List of contents
Chapter One: The Quest for Gospel Humor: An Introduction
Chapter Two: The Humor Taboo: Scholarship in the First Quest Era (1863-1906)
Chapter Three: The Humor of the Absurd: Scholarship in the "No" Quest Era (1907-1953)
Chapter Four: The Seriousness of Humor in the Teachings of Jesus: Second Quest Scholarship and Humor Recognition in the Gospels (1954-1969)
Chapter Five: The Comic and the Playful in the Teachings of Jesus: Second Quest Scholarship and Humor Recognition in the Gospels (1970-1979)
Chapter Six: The Cynic and the Rogue: Humor Studies in the Gospels in the Early Third Quest Era (1980-1995)
Chapter Seven: The Comic Savant and His Prophetic Humor: Humor Studies in the Gospels in the Late Third Quest Era (1996-2014)
Chapter Eight: Taking Humor Seriously: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Humor in the Gospels in the Third Quest Era (1980-2014)
Chapter Nine: The Laughing Jesus: Theological Approaches to Humor in the Gospels in the Third Quest Era (1980-2014)
Chapter Ten: A Synopsis of Humor Rhetoric in the Quest Periods
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By Terri Bednarz
Summary
Humor in the Gospels offers a comprehensive history of the various scholarly approaches to the study of humor in the Gospels over the past 150 years. It explores the barriers, insights, and advances in the field of biblical humor and offers an extensive bibliography for further study.
