Nicholas, Dean Andrew, 1969-
The trickster revisited deception as a motif in the Pentatech / [electronic resource] : Dean Andrew Nicholas. - New York : Peter Lang, c2009. - viii, 129 p. : ill. - Studies in biblical literature, v. 117 1089-0645 ; . - Studies in biblical literature ; v. 117. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Bible.--O.T.--Pentateuch--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Deception.
Electronic books.
BS1225.6.T7 / N53 2009eb
222/.106
The trickster revisited deception as a motif in the Pentatech / [electronic resource] : Dean Andrew Nicholas. - New York : Peter Lang, c2009. - viii, 129 p. : ill. - Studies in biblical literature, v. 117 1089-0645 ; . - Studies in biblical literature ; v. 117. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Bible.--O.T.--Pentateuch--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Deception.
Electronic books.
BS1225.6.T7 / N53 2009eb
222/.106