Great is the Lord’s punisment.
“Render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s and render unto God what is God’s”
had the Aramaic crowd groaning in the aisles.
The E and J authors must of collaborated on the act for
“I AM WHAT I AM” in answer to Moses’ question.
Actually, Jesus frequently uses humor. The parable of the Unjust Steward (Dorothy L. Sayers paraphrases the ending as, “And the master said, ‘Man, you’re a thorough scoundrel. But I do admire your thoroughness.’”) Or the parable of the Unjust Judge, the tale of a poor widow who keeps noodging a corrupt judge until he finally agrees to hear her case, just to make her shut up, which Jesus concludes by saying that, if a corrupt judge will eventually listen if you try hard enough, God will eventually listen to prayers, too. (I suppose if He were telling the story today, He’d finish that with a “Duh!”)
It’s also important to note that humor does change from age to age. Ever read Joe Miller’s Joke Book,, the best-selling humor book of the 18th century? It’s like watching a car crash in slow motion – but people thought it was great then.
You might also do a quick search for threads in this forum, search on “humor” and “bible”, and you’ll see earlier comments: