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Naked Bible 028: The Bible’s Literary Context: The Comedic Genre and the New Testament

The Naked Bible Podcast

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The Gospel as Comedy, Drama, and Fairy Tale

The whole gospel is really comedic and there's a wonderful book by Frederick Beekner called the gospel as comedy, tragedy, and fairy tale. It's just like in the end of the Lord of the Rings when Sam realizes that his friends aren't dead,. And amazingly enough, everything bad does indeed come undone through this Pawn and Ross whom we would never expect through this Jesus Christ.

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