Abstract

BRAVO RETAMAL, Arturo. Isaac, the Incompetent: An Example of Humor as a Literary Resource to Express Grace in the Bible. Theol. Xave. [online]. 2012, vol.62, n.174, pp.319-342. ISSN 0120-3649.

This article aims at showing the humor in the narratives about Isaac, not meaning that it is the only way to approach those texts. It rather singles out a perspective traditionally ignored and certainly found there: humor. Isaac's features as decipheredfrom the analysis of the respective passages shape his humorous profile as a less skilled, passive, incompetent patriarch: a kind of "anti-patriarch" through whom God acts and delivers his promises. This article thereby shows how God acts gracefully.

Keywords : Isaac; humor; Bible; exegesis; Biblical Theology.

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