Laughter at the Foot of the Cross

Informationen zum Autor Michael A. Screech is an emeritus fellow of All Souls College! Oxford. Klappentext Offers a collection of fifty-three essays. This book reveals, the question of whether laughter is acceptable to the god of the Old and New Testaments is a dangerous one. It shows that Renaissance thinkers revived ancient ideas about what inspires laughter and whether it could ever truly be innocent. Zusammenfassung Offers a collection of fifty-three essays. This book reveals! the question of whether laughter is acceptable to the god of the Old and New Testaments is a dangerous one. It shows that Renaissance thinkers revived ancient ideas about what inspires laughter and whether it could ever truly be innocent.

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Offers a collection of fifty-three essays. This book reveals, the question of whether laughter is acceptable to the god of the Old and New Testaments is a dangerous one. It shows that Renaissance thinkers revived ancient ideas about what inspires laughter and whether it could ever truly be innocent.