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Jacob and the Divine Trickster : A Theology of Deception and YHWH's Fidelity to the Ancestral Promise in the Jacob Cycle.

Anderson, John E.

Jacob and the Divine Trickster : A Theology of Deception and YHWH's Fidelity to the Ancestral Promise in the Jacob Cycle. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (225 pages) - Siphrut Series . - Siphrut Series .

Intro -- COVER Front -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: A Trickster Oracle:Reading Jacob and Esau between Beten and Bethel (Genesis 25-28) -- Chapter3: Divine Deception and Incipient Fulfillment of the Ancestral Promise (Genesis 29-31) -- Chapter 4: Replaying the Fool: Esau versus Yhwh and Jacob (Genesis 32-35) -- Chapter 5: Concluding Remarks and Prospects for Further Study -- Bibliography -- Index.

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9781575066424


Bible.-Genesis-Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Deception in the Bible.
Truthfulness and falsehood-Religious aspects-Judaism.


Electronic books.

BS1238.D42 A53 2011

221.6

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