Paul van der Velde

List of John Benjamins publications for which Paul van der Velde plays a role.

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Humour in the Beginning: Religion, humour and laughter in formative stages of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Judaism

Edited by Roald Dijkstra and Paul van der Velde

[Topics in Humor Research, 10] 2022. xii, 306 pp.
Subjects Humor studies

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Velde, Paul van der 2022 “Are you really serious?”: The Buddha, the Brahmins and humour in the śramaṇa tradition of India Humour in the Beginning: Religion, humour and laughter in formative stages of Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Judaism, Dijkstra, Roald and Paul van der Velde (eds.), pp. 254–270 | Chapter
Four possible examples of humour, jokes or puns from early India are discussed: two from Buddhism (the Khaggavisāṇa-sutta or ‘Song of the Rhinoceros’ and an example from the sermons of the Buddha on the mythical origin of the Brahmin caste system) and two from the Ṛgveda. It appears that humour… read more