The Mother of All Laughter: Sarah and the Genesis of Comedy

By Terry Lindvall

When the superannuated biblical Sarah learned that she would give birth to a son, she burst out laughing, and that son's name-Isaac-was forever a testimony to this moment of holy mirth. In The Mother of All Laughter: Sarah & the Genesis of Comedy, Terry Lindvall argues that there is a biblical place for laughter. At times, he lets truth be obscured by a good story (as when he cites the famous Neil Armstrong/"Mr. Gorsky" urban legend as fact), but he raises important points about humor for Christians.
 

• Language: English
• Publisher: BH Publishing Group
• Release date: Sep 1, 2003
• ISBN: 9781433677731

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