LEADER 03555nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910453694703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-80230-1 010 $a9786611802301 010 $a0-8264-2627-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000542173 035 $a(EBL)436272 035 $a(OCoLC)276307082 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000105409 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12016741 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105409 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10101874 035 $a(PQKB)10991534 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC436272 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL436272 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10250597 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL180230 035 $a(OCoLC)893334050 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000542173 100 $a20040218d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAre we amused?$b[electronic resource] $ehumour about women in the biblical worlds /$fedited by Athalya Brenner 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cT & T Clark International$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (169 p.) 225 1 $aJournal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ;$v383 225 1 $aBible in the 21st century ;$v2 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-567-08330-6 311 $a0-8264-7083-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [143]-151) and indexes. 327 $aContents; Series Editor's Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: ESSAYS; Those Riotous-Yet Righteous-Foremothers of Jesus: Exploring Matthew's Comic Genealogy; 'More Righteous than I': The Comeuppance of the Trickster in Genesis 38; Humor, Turnabouts and Survival in the Book of Esther; Is that Fearfully Funny? Some Instances from the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books; At the Expense of Women: Humor(?) in Acts 16.14-40; Are We Amused? Small and Big Differences in Josephus' Re-Presentations of Biblical Female Figures in the Jewish Antiquities 1-8 327 $aOoooh, Onan! Geschlechtsgeschicte and Women in the Biblical WorldPart II: RESPONSES; Women's Humor and Other Creative Juices; Laughing with/at/as Women: How Should We Read Biblical Humor?; APPENDIX: BABBLE/BIBLE LIGHT: ON SOME BIBLICAL WOMEN; General Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; W; Y; Z 330 $aBiblical humor about women and gender remains elusive for many readers, for its recognition may imply the realization that it's a cruel and disrespectful humor, ridicule rather than good-natured fun. But viewing humor as social critique, as is largely done in the essays in this volume, with respect to both the texts read and their actual or implied author, may be fun as well as significant for understanding the biblical worlds. As most of the essays show, writing about women is writing about men as well. In other words, it is writing about gender roles. The critique of women, womanhood and fem 410 0$aBTC (Series) ;$v2. 410 0$aJournal for the study of the Old Testament.$pSupplement series ;$v383. 606 $aWomen in the Bible 606 $aWit and humor in the Bible 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWomen in the Bible. 615 0$aWit and humor in the Bible. 676 $a220.6 701 $aBrenner$b Athalya$0873548 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453694703321 996 $aAre we amused$91950162 997 $aUNINA