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| − | * "The door turns on its hinges, and the lazy man on his bed" (Proverbs 26:14). <ref>http://jewsforjesus.org/publications/issues/15_10/biblehumor</ref> | + | * "The door turns on its hinges, and the lazy man on his bed" (Proverbs 26:14). <ref>[http://jewsforjesus.org/publications/issues/15_10/biblehumor Jewish Humor... In the Bible?]</ref> |
* Humor brings God closer to humankind. For instance, God seems more understandable and less aloof when he is sarcastic. We mortals note that even omniscience and omnipotence do not prevent one from being hurt by straying children. Humorous stories and exaggerations make the moral lessons of the Hebrew Bible more memorable ... <ref>http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/economic/friedman/bibhumor.htm</ref> | * Humor brings God closer to humankind. For instance, God seems more understandable and less aloof when he is sarcastic. We mortals note that even omniscience and omnipotence do not prevent one from being hurt by straying children. Humorous stories and exaggerations make the moral lessons of the Hebrew Bible more memorable ... <ref>http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/economic/friedman/bibhumor.htm</ref> | ||
Revision as of 16:37, February 10, 2009
- "The door turns on its hinges, and the lazy man on his bed" (Proverbs 26:14). [1]
- Humor brings God closer to humankind. For instance, God seems more understandable and less aloof when he is sarcastic. We mortals note that even omniscience and omnipotence do not prevent one from being hurt by straying children. Humorous stories and exaggerations make the moral lessons of the Hebrew Bible more memorable ... [2]