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LEADER: 02183nam a22002538a 4500
001 2008006313
003 DLC
005 20080225142454.0
008 080212s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008006313
020 $a9781433102264 (hardcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aBS1225.6.T7$bN53 2008
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,$c2008.
263 $a0808
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aStudies in biblical literature,$x1089-0645 ;$vv. 117
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references 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 ANE and the Bible -- Tricksters in the ANE -- 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 $aBible.$pO.T.$pPentateuch$xCriticism, interpretation, etc.
650 0 $aDeception.