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The Arkansas Times’ staff theologian, Bob Lancaster, contributed his own take on the question of humor in the Bible. There are no jokes in the Bible. You could argue that it’s all one big Joke but ...

ROME - Humor in the Bible? Scholars say the Old and New Testament are riddled with humorous references and clever wordplay and aim to set the record straight at a three-day congress that began Monday, ...

David Plotz was a not-very-observant Jew who had spent three decades largely avoiding the Bible until one day when, bored at a cousin's bat mitzvah, he began thumbing through a copy of the Torah.

Funny thing, the Bible. Funny peculiar, not funny 'haha'. In fact, it is the glaring lack of 'haha' that makes it so peculiar. There is almost no humour in the Tanakh and New Testament. The Old ...

Jesus Christ is healing the sick when a blind man, perhaps a little too excited upon approaching the Messiah, trips and nearly falls. Jesus smiles and sarcastically quips, “What are you: blind or lame ...

Like many Americans, Bill Cosby owns multiple Bibles — eight, in fact. And, like many Americans, he doesn’t read any of them regularly. But for a half-century or more, Cosby’s been looking for funny ...

When modern people think of the Christian church or Jesus Christ meek and mild, perhaps funny isn’t the first word to pop into their heads – while serious or dull might be better contenders.