HUMOR RESISTANCE AND JEWISH CULT - Roasting Rome

Positions Revelation within an ancient Jewish context and demonstrates how the author used humor to resist Roman power.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Backgrounds, backdrops, and other important starting points; 2. Survival of the humorist; 3. The comic truth; 4. The trick revealed; 5. I pledge allegiance to the lamb; Conclusion.

About the author

Sarah Emanuel is currently Faculty Fellow of Biblical Studies at Colby College, Maine. Her work has been published in Studia Patristica, Biblical Interpretation, The Bible and Critical Theory, and the Journal for the Study of the Old Testament. She is a forum board member at Feminist Studies in Religion, Inc., a Regional Scholar finalist, and a Global Innovation Grant recipient.

Summary

Will appeal to those interested in the book of Revelation, humor and the Bible, the Jewishness of the New Testament, and contemporary and critical approaches to the New Testament. This book positions Revelation within an ancient Jewish context and demonstrates the ways in which the author used humor as a means of resisting Roman power.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Emanuel, Sarah (Colby College Emanuel
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781108496599
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49659-9
• No. of pages: 246
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Judentum, Kritik und Exegese heiliger Texte, Bibellesungen, Auswahltexte und Meditationen, Judaism, Bible readings, selections & meditations, Bible readings, selections and meditations, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament / General, New Testaments