The Laughter of Sarah - Biblical Exegesis, Feminist Theory, and the Concept of Delight (Hardcover)

This book plays with the notion of the laughter of delight, and the way in which it has gone largely unheard in the Western interpretative tradition. The scope of the work stretches from the ancient to the modern, but it has a consistent leitmotif: the delighted laughter of the matriarch Sarah in the book of Genesis, when she gives birth to her son Isaac. This laughter is "heard" first through biblical commentaries, then through twentieth-century theorists of laughter; finally, contemporary feminist theorists are used to help realize the radical openness of the laughter of delight.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Pivot
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	C. Conybeare
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	117
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-37311-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > The Bible > Old Testament > General Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > The Bible > Old Testament > General Books > Christianity > The Bible > Old Testament
LSN:	1-137-37311-3
Barcode:	9781137373113

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