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The trickster revisited

9781433102264 (hardcover alk. paper)

9781453903421 (e-book)

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The trickster revisited

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deception as a motif in the Pentatech /

Dean Andrew Nicholas.

New York :

Peter Lang,

c2009.

viii, 129 p. :

ill.

Studies in biblical literature,

v. 117.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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An introduction to the problem of deception. Introduction ; History of the problem ; Gunkel and the savage mind ; Comparative approach ; Source critical approach ; The trickster in anthropology ; The rise of anthropology and its use in biblical studies ; Cross-cultural uses of the trickster ; Native American usage ; African usage ; African-American usage ; Attempts at universal explanations ; Understanding of trickster in the ancient near east and the Bible ; Tricksters in the ancient near east ; Tricksters in the Hebrew Bible -- The trickster and liminality. Rite de passage and liminality ; The Pentateuchal narratives of the Hebrew Bible -- The trickster in the Pentateuch. Deception in the deuteronomistic history ; Deception in the Pentateuch ; The wife-sister narratives ; Jacob narratives ; Exodus -- Canon, liminality, and israelite self-perception. Canon formation ; Israel in the Persian period ; A historical overview ; A sociological overview ; Structural adaptation ; Split in leadership ; New ritual ; A new folklore ; Cognitive dissonance and liminality ; Israel encouraged by prophetic outlook ; Cognitive dissonance theory ; Marginal reinterpreted as liminal in the Pentateuch ; The promise of Genesis 12:1-4 ; Covenant metaphor ; Israel as holy nation and royal priesthood ; The pattern of the Pentateuch ; Israel as trickster.

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Deception.

Nicholas, Dean Andrew,1969-

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