The trickster revisited [electronic resource] : deception as a motif in the Pentatech / Dean Andrew Nicholas.

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.