Humor, resistance, and Jewish cultural persistence in the book of Revelation: roasting Rome

The beginning of the (comic) end the beginning of the (comic) end -- Backgrounds, backdrops, and other important starting points -- Survival of the humorist: reading for trauma, reading for humor -- The comic truth: claiming a Jewish cultural self through humor -- The trick revealed: a dragon, two b...

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Main Author: Emanuel, Sarah 1987- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: Cambridge New York, NY Melbourne New Delhi Singapore Cambridge University Press 2020
In:Year: 2020
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Revelation / Humor / Resistance / Imperialism
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
Further subjects:B Bible. Revelation Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Government, Resistance to (Rome) History
B Jewish Christians History Early church, ca. 30-600
B Judaism Relations Christianity History To 1500
B Christianity and other religions Judaism History Early church, ca. 30-600
B Wit and humor in the Bible
B Government, Resistance to Religious aspects Christianity History
B Thesis