Wit and Humor of the Bible: A Literary Study

To return to the proverbs. Solomon had some unhappy domestic experiences, and such proverbs as these may have been the outcome: "As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a f...

"But if he admit this, we may ask him another question,--How would a man profit if he received gold and silver on condition that he was to enslave the noblest part of him to the...

No attempt is here made at exact definition of the two words that are prominent in the general title of this book. Perhaps after they have passed through their final analysis we...

To many readers it may seem impious to say that under the head of Repartee we must classify many of those words of Jesus with which he cuts through the sophistry of opponents an...

If we should find in Dickens or Thackeray such pictures as Jesus has given of the Scribes and Pharisees, they would strike us at once as the very quintessence of humor. "They go...

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It is not claimed that the writers of the Bible drew these portraits for the purpose of making ludicrous those whom they painted, but the features were in the originals, and the...

In the preceding section of this chapter, Paul's description of a mob is noted. It will be interesting to understand the occasion of that mob. When Paul preached at Ephesus, the...

Then the prophet concludes: "All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable bran...