Theater and Incarnation by Max Harris

In this lucid and entertaining book Max Harris offers both a lively Christian engagement with theater and a fresh theatrical approach to reading the Bible. Arguing that both biblical and dramatic texts should be approached with a theatrical rather than a literary imagination, he offers fresh scholarly insights into plays and theatrical theory across the centuries; at the same time, he vividly renders the comic potential of the Gospel narratives and the Christian doctrine of the Incarnation. "Theater and Incarnation" moves provocatively and mischievously between the flesh-and-blood world of the theater and the Word become flesh in Jesus of Nazareth. Comprising both a fresh theatrical approach to reading the Bible and a rare Christian engagement with theater, it is as suited for pastors' studies as for courses in theater and literature.