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[[File:Laughter in the Old Testament.jpg|thumb|]]'''Laughter in the Old Testament'''.

== Mitchell ==

Jokes are aggression.

Arthur Koestler observes:

In the Old Testament there are (according to Mitchell) twenty-nine references to laughter, out of which thirteen are linked with scorn, derision, mocking, or contempt, and only two are 'born out of a joyful and merry heart'."

== In the News ==

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== Fiction cross-reference ==

* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]

== Nonfiction cross-reference ==

* [[Joke (nonfiction)]]

== External links ==

* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1574784578518138889 Post] @ Twitter (27 September 2022)

* [] @ Wikipedia
* [https://archive.org/stream/pdfy-rDIHDXbS3uvtgXcr/The%20Act%20of%20Creation,%20Arthur%20Koestler_djvu.txt The Act of Creation] @ Archive.org

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