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India's Immortal Comic Books By:Karline McLain Published on 2009 by Indiana University Press Please create a FREE ACCOUNT to continue reading or download !  Start your Free Month A pioneering study of Indian comic book culture This Book was ranked at 14 by Google Books for keyword comic. Book ID of India's Immortal Comic Books's Books is V4-Su0whKa0C, Book which was written byKarline McLainhave ETAG "d94Lehxhp5s" Book which was published by Indiana University Press since 2009 have ISBNs, ISBN 13 Code is 9780253220523 and ISBN 10 Code is 0253220521 Reading Mode in Text Status is true and Reading Mode in Image Status is true Book which have "240 Pages" is Printed at BOOK under CategoryReligion This Book was rated by 2 Raters and have average rate at "3" This eBook Maturity (Adult Book) status is NOT_MATURE Book was written in en eBook Version Availability Status at PDF is falseand in ePub is true Book Preview

The Bible and the Comic Vision By:J. William Whedbee Published on 1998-05-28 by Cambridge University Press Please create a FREE ACCOUNT to continue reading or download !  Start your Free Month This study explores in a comprehensive and provocative way the presence of comedy in the Hebrew Scriptures. Apart from the occasional recognition of comic forms or motifs in biblical dress, the vast majority of interpreters have usually discounted or even disdained the possibility of the Bible having any significant place for the comic vision. This book attempts to make amends for this short-sighted, prejudicial perspective. Using a broad, eclectic view of comedy, it offers an in-depth analysis of such richly diverse biblical texts as Genesis, Exodus, Esther, Jonah, Job and the Song of Songs. Showing how comedy oscillates between the poles of attack and affirmation, critique and celebration, this exploration brings to light the biblical appropriation of the comic vision as a vital strategy t