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The first few pages of Francesca Aran Murphy\u2019s The Comedy Of Revelation <\/i> were delightful, but her section on Genesis was disappointing. The comedy she sees in Genesis is mainly of her own making ?Eshe simply retells the biblical stories in a jazzy, smark-alecky fashion, and we\u2019re supposed to say, presumably, \u201cOh, I never realized that story was funny.\u201d Her conclusion, though, is more significant: She compares the many deceptions and disguises of Genesis to the disguises and false identities that drive Shakespearean (and other) comedy. An intriguing thought: Genesis as Wodehousean comedy. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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