Jacob and the divine trickster (Record no. 29767)

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International Standard Book Number 9781575062198 (hardback : alk. paper)
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International Standard Book Number 1575062194 (hardback : alk. paper)
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082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 221.6
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Anderson, John Edward,
Dates associated with a name 1981-
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Jacob and the divine trickster
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Remainder of title a theology of deception and YHWH's fidelity to the ancestral promise in the Jacob cycle /
Statement of responsibility, etc John E. Anderson.
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Place of publication, distribution, etc Winona Lake, Ind. :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Eisenbrauns,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2011.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xiv, 210 p. ;
Dimensions 24 cm.
490 0# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Siphrut : literature and theology of the Hebrew scriptures ;
Volume number/sequential designation 5.
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General note Revised version of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--Baylor University, 2010.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-201) and indexes.
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Formatted contents note Introduction -- A trickster oracle : reading Jacob and Esau between Beten and Bethel (Genesis 25-28) -- Divine deception and incipient fulfillment of the ancestral promise (Genesis 29-31) -- Replaying the fool : Esau versus YHWH and Jacob (Genesis 32-35) -- Concluding remarks and prospects for further study.
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Summary, etc What role does God play in relation to the deceptions that pervade the Jacob cycle? What has not been investigated is the way God may factor into this deceptive activity. The book of Genesis contains a latent tension: Jacob is both a brazen trickster who deceives members of his own family and YHWH's chosen, from whom the entire people of Israel derive and for whom they are named. How is one to reconcile this tension? This dissertation investigates the phenomenon of divine deception in the Jacob cycle (Gen 25-35). The primary thesis is that YHWH both uses and engages in deception for the perpetuation of the ancestral promise (Gen 12:1-3), giving rise to what Anderson has dubbed a theology of deception. Through a literary hermeneutic, emphasizing the symbiotic relationship between both how the text means and what the text means, with theological aims, this study examines the various manifestations of YHWH as Trickster in the Jacob cycle. Attention is given to how the multiple deceptions evoke, advance, and at times fulfill the ancestral promise. In Gen 25-28 YHWH engages in deception to insure Jacob receives the ancestral promise. Here Jacob is seen cutting his deceptive teeth by extorting the right of the firstborn from Esau and the paternal blessing from Isaac. YHWH, however, also plays the role of Trickster through an utterly ambiguous oracle to Rebekah in Gen 25:23, which drives the human deceptions. At Bethel (Gen 28:10-22) Jacob receives the ancestral promise from YHWH, in effect corroborating the earlier deceptions. In Gen 29-31 YHWH uses the many deceptions perpetrated between Jacob and Laban to advance the ancestral promise in the areas of progeny, blessing to the nations, and land. Lastly, in Gen 32-35 YHWH participates in Jacob's final deception of Esau (Gen 33:1-17) through two encounters Jacob has, first with the "messengers of God" and second with God. Jacob's tricking of Esau during their reconciliation results in Jacob's return to the promised land. Can anyone out-trick the Divine Trickster? Anderson thus rightly gives due attention to the Old Testament's image of God as dynamic, subversive, and unsettling, appreciating the complex and intricate ways that YHWH interacts with his people. This witness to YHWH's engagement in deception stands alongside and informs the biblical portrait of YHWH as trustworthy and a God who does not lie.
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System details note Available electronically via the Internet.
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Personal name Jacob
Titles and other words associated with a name (Biblical patriarch)
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Uniform title Bible.
Name of part/section of a work Genesis
General subdivision Criticism, interpretation, etc.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Deception in the Bible.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Truthfulness and falsehood
General subdivision Religious aspects
-- Judaism.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element God (Judaism)
General subdivision Attributes.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Election (Theology)
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Reformational Study Centre Reformational Study Centre General library 07/26/2017   221.6 07/26/2017 07/26/2017 E-Book