Prostitute in the Family Tree: Discovering Humor and Irony in the Bible
The Bible is funny! Very funny, according to Douglas Adams. In this book, Adams demonstrates how readers can discover this often-neglected humor looking at the Bible as a whole and seeing biblical stories with all their rough edges--the unethical and ambiguous characters, the unsolved problems, and the surprising endings. Adams argues that by missing the humor and irony of the Bible, readers often miss intended meanings as well.
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The Bible is funny! Very funny, according to this new book from Douglas Adams. But in order to discover this humor, Adams says, readers must take Bible passages in their entirety - not just as selected lines. When looking at the Bible as a whole, readers see not just selected, moralistic passages. Instead they see biblical stories with all their rough edges - the unethical and ambiguous characters, the unsolved problems, and the surprising endings. Adams's book shows how seeing these faults in biblical figures and events strengthens modern Christians' faith. In addition to pointing out cleverness in the Bible. Adams offers readers various practical methods and examples of how storytelling and some simple dramatic techniques can recover the biblical humor for today's education, worship, and preaching.
1The Prostitute in the Family Tree: The Telling Humor of Biblical Stories as Grandparent Stories12Fractured Families and Busted Banquets: The Wounded-Healing Humor of Jesus' Parables123Jesse Helms and Jesse Jackson Together in the White House: The Mind-Boggling Humor of Jesus' Parables254Injustice in Raising Wages, Grades, and Who's in Hell? The Cutting-Edge Satire of Jesus' Parables435A Sack Lunch and Bathtub Wine: The Clowning Humor of Jesus' Miracles596Love, Grandma: The Fooling Humor of Paul's Letters787Role Reversals in Dialogues Between the Finite and the Infinite: Bringing the Humor of Hebrew Scriptures to Life100Notes117Bibliography121Index125
