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LEADER: 02280cam a22002534a 4500
001 2008006313
003 DLC
005 20130604092957.0
008 080212s2009 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008006313
020 $a9781433102264 (hardcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aBS1225.6.T7$bN53 2009
082 00 $a222/.106$222
100 1 $aNicholas, Dean Andrew,$d1969-
245 14 $aThe trickster revisited :$bdeception as a motif in the Pentatech /$cDean Andrew Nicholas.
260 $aNew York :$bPeter Lang,$cc2009.
300 $axi, 129 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
490 0 $aStudies in biblical literature,$x1089-0645 ;$vv. 117
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [107]-122) and index.
505 0 $aAn 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.
630 00 $aBible.$pPentateuch$xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
650 0 $aDeception.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0811/2008006313.html