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God laughed : sources of Jewish humor / Hershey H. Friedman, Linda Weiser Friedman.
- Title
- God laughed : sources of Jewish humor / Hershey H. Friedman, Linda Weiser Friedman.
- Author
- Friedman, Hershey H.
- Publication
- New Brunswick, New Jersey : Transaction Publishers, [2014]
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- Additional Authors
- Friedman, Linda Weiser.
- Description
- xi, 355 p.; 24 cm
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Part I : Introduction. Studying Jewish Humor -- A Word on the Sources: Biblical, Talmudic, and Midrashic Literature --Part II : Heavenly Humor. Does God Have a Sense of Humor? -- Biblical Humor: From Irony, Sarcasm, Wordplay to Humorous Imagery -- No Match for God: Satan as Trickster -- Part III : Humor in the Talmud and Midrash. Humor in the Talmud and Midrash: An Overview -- Recurring Characters and Themes -- Satire, Irony, and Self-Deprecating Humor -- Sarcasm -- Exaggerated Imagery and Other Hyperbole -- Wordplay: Puns, Acrostics, and Riddles -- Humorous Sayings and Remarks -- Allegories, Parables, and Fables -- Talmudic Tales -- Humorous Cases and Other Absurdities -- Part IV : Conclusion. Is There a "Jewish" Sense of Humor? -- Appendix A : Important Dates In Jewish History -- Appendix B : The Time Periods of the Talmudic Sages -- Appendix C : The Sages and Their Generations -- Appendix D : Classic Commentators -- Appendix E : Mostly Punch Lines, an Index of Jokes.
- Part I Introduction 1 -- Part II Heavenly Humor 33 -- Part III Humor in the Talmud and Midrash 101 -- Part IV Conclusion 295.
- ISBN
- 9781412853767
- 1412853761
- LCCN
- ^^2013036452
- OCLC
- 864676511
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library