The Laughter of Sarah - Biblical Exegesis, Feminist Theory, and the Concept of Delight

The laughter of delight has gone unheard in the Western tradition. This work brings new light to the notion, and has a consistent leitmotif: the delighted laughter of the matriarch Sarah in the book of Genesis, when she gives birth to her son Isaac. This laughter is "heard" through biblical commentaries and twentieth-century theorists of laughter.

Catherine Conybeare is Professor of Classics at Bryn Mawr College, USA.