The trickster revisited
Subtitle: deception as a motif in the Pentatech
By: Dean Andrew Nicholas.
Series: Studies in biblical literature -- v. 117
Publisher: Peter Lang
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 129
ISBN-13: 9781433102264
Subjects: Bible. -- O.T. -- Pentateuch -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Deception
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to the problem of deception; title: Introduction; title: History of the problem; title: Gunkel and the savage mind; title: Comparative approach; title: Source critical approach; title: The trickster in anthropology; title: The rise of anthropology and its use in biblical studies; title: Cross-cultural uses of the trickster; title: Native American usage; title: African usage; title: African-American usage; title: Attempts at universal explanations; title: Understanding of trickster in the ANE and the Bible; title: Tricksters in the ANE; title: Tricksters in the Hebrew Bible; title: The trickster and liminality; title: Rite de passage and liminality; title: The pentateuchal narratives of the Hebrew Bible; title: The trickster in the Pentateuch; title: Deception in the deuteronomistic history; title: Deception in the Pentateuch; title: The wife-sister narratives; title: Jacob narratives; title: Exodus; title: Canon, liminality, and israelite self-perception; title: Canon formation; title: Israel in the Persian period; title: A historical overview; title: A sociological overview; title: Structural adaptation; title: Split in leadership; title: New ritual; title: A new folklore; title: Cognitive dissonance and liminality; title: Israel encouraged by prophetic outlook; title: Cognitive dissonance theory; title: Marginal reinterpreted as liminal in the Pentateuch; title: The promise of Genesis 12:1-4; title: Covenant metaphor; title: Israel as holy nation and royal priesthood; title: The pattern of the Pentateuch; title: Israel as trickster.