Book contents
- Humor, Resistance, and Jewish Cultural Persistence in the Book of Revelation
- Humor, Resistance, and Jewish Cultural Persistence in the Book of Revelation
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on the Cover
- Introduction
- 1 Backgrounds, Backdrops, and Other Important Starting Points
- 2 Survival of the Humorist: Reading for Trauma, Reading for Humor
- 3 The Comic Truth: Claiming a Jewish Cultural Self through Humor
- 4 The Trick Revealed
- 5 I Pledge Allegiance to the Lamb
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
The Beginning of the (Comic) End
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 December 2019
Book contents
- Humor, Resistance, and Jewish Cultural Persistence in the Book of Revelation
- Humor, Resistance, and Jewish Cultural Persistence in the Book of Revelation
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- A Note on the Cover
- Introduction
- 1 Backgrounds, Backdrops, and Other Important Starting Points
- 2 Survival of the Humorist: Reading for Trauma, Reading for Humor
- 3 The Comic Truth: Claiming a Jewish Cultural Self through Humor
- 4 The Trick Revealed
- 5 I Pledge Allegiance to the Lamb
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The Introduction sets the tone for this project, guiding readers through the book’s main arguments, interventions, and giving an outline of chapters. In doing so, it traces contemporary scholarly preoccupations with the book of Revelation, with insertions throughout on how this book both builds upon previous scholarship, and offers unique historical and exegetical insights.
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- Humor, Resistance, and Jewish Cultural Persistence in the Book of RevelationRoasting Rome, pp. 1 - 20Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020