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Humanist Comic Elements In Aristophanes And The Old Testament

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Author : Benjamin M Lazarus
language : en
Publisher: Gorgias Press
Release Date : 2015-02-18

Humanist Comic Elements In Aristophanes And The Old Testament written by Benjamin M Lazarus and has been published by Gorgias Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-18 with Literary Criticism categories.

The use of comic elements in story-telling and literature is not simply the provenance of one particular culture, but is instead as much a natural and recurring technique as having stories about death, sex, and wonder. Lazarus compares and discusses comic elements used for didactic purposes in two separate literary traditions: Old Testament narrative and Aristophanic Comedies. Aristophanic Old Comedy and Old Testament narratives come from two completely different traditions of ancient literature, from very different cultures, but both make use of humour to define what it means to be human within the hierarchy of the universe. Each chapter analyses one example of comic elements in an Old Testament story, together with one Aristophanic play: Numbers 22 (the story of Balaam and his ass) and Peace, the life of Samson in the book of Judges and Birds, Jonah and Frogs, and Tobit and Wealth.

Humanist Comic Elements In Aristophanes And The Old Testament

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Author : Benjamin Mordechai Lazarus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011

Humanist Comic Elements In Aristophanes And The Old Testament written by Benjamin Mordechai Lazarus and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Bible categories.

Job S Body And The Dramatised Comedy Of Moralising

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Author : Katherine E. Southwood
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-09-02

Job S Body And The Dramatised Comedy Of Moralising written by Katherine E. Southwood and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-02 with Bibles categories.

This book focuses on the expressions used to describe Job’s body in pain and on the reactions of his friends to explore the moral and social world reflected in the language and the values that their speeches betray. A key contribution of this monograph is to highlight how the perspective of illness as retribution is powerfully refuted in Job’s speeches and, in particular, to show how this is achieved through comedy. Comedy in Job is a powerful weapon used to expose and ridicule the idea of retribution. Rejecting the approach of retrospective diagnosis, this monograph carefully analyses the expression of pain in Job focusing specifically on somatic language used in the deity attack metaphors, in the deity surveillance metaphors and in the language connected to the body and social status. These metaphors are analysed in a comparative way using research from medical anthropology and sociology which focuses on illness narratives and expressions of pain. Job's Body and the Dramatised Comedy of Moralising will be of interest to anyone working on the Book of Job, as well as those with an interest in suffering and pain in the Hebrew Bible more broadly.

Sex And The Ancient City

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Author : Andreas Serafim
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2022-05-09

Sex And The Ancient City written by Andreas Serafim and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-09 with Literary Criticism categories.

This volume aims to revisit, further explore and tease out the textual, but also non-textual sources in an attempt to reconstruct a clearer picture of a particular aspect of sexuality, i.e. sexual practices, in Greco-Roman antiquity. Sexual practices refers to a part of the overarching notion of sexuality: specifically, the acts of sexual intercourse, the erogenous capacities and genital functions of male and female body, and any other physical or biological actions that define one’s sexual identity or orientation. This volume aims to approach not simply the acts of sexual intercourse themselves, but also their legal, social, political, religious, medical, cultural/moral and interdisciplinary (e.g. emotional, performative) perspectives, as manifested in a range of both textual and non-textual evidence (i.e. architecture, iconography, epigraphy, etc.). The insights taken from the contributions to this volume would enable researchers across a range of disciplines – e.g. sex/gender studies, comparative literature, psychology and cognitive neuroscience – to use theoretical perspectives, methodologies and conceptual tools to frame the sprawling examination of aspects of sexuality in broad terms, or sexual practices in particular.

Jonah

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Author : Susan Niditch
language : en
Publisher: Fortress Press
Release Date : 2023-01-03

Jonah written by Susan Niditch and has been published by Fortress Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-03 with Religion categories.

In the new Hermeneia volume, the Jonah translation and commentary, renowned biblical scholar Susan Niditch encourages the reader to investigate challenging questions about ancient conceptions of personal religious identity. Jonah's story is treated as a complex reflection upon the heavy matters of life and death, good and evil, and human and divine relations. The narrative probes an individual's relationship with a demanding deity, considers vexing cultural issues of "us versus them," and examines the role of Israel's god in a universal and international context. The author examines the ways in which Jonah prods readers to contemplate these fundamental issues concerning group- and self-definition. In her technical study of Jonah's language, style, structure, content, and context, Niditch examines the text through the comparative lens of international folklore. The thread of appropriations of Jonah by post-biblical writers and artists is explored, and special attention is paid to rabbinic midrash, medieval Jewish manuscript illuminations, and Christian art of late antiquity. And in the tradition of Hermeneia volumes, the commentary evaluates and incorporates the insights of a long legacy of scholars who have explored this venerable text from varied perspectives.

The Humanist Tradition In World Literature

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Author : Stephen L. Harris
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970

The Humanist Tradition In World Literature written by Stephen L. Harris and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Literature categories.

A Companion To The Classical Tradition

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Author : Craig W. Kallendorf
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2008-04-15

A Companion To The Classical Tradition written by Craig W. Kallendorf and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-15 with Literary Criticism categories.

A Companion to the Classical Tradition accommodates the pressing need for an up-to-date introduction and overview of the growing field of reception studies. A comprehensive introduction and overview of the classical tradition - the interpretation of classical texts in later centuries Comprises 26 newly commissioned essays from an international team of experts Divided into three sections: a chronological survey, a geographical survey, and a section illustrating the connections between the classical tradition and contemporary theory