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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Anderson, John Edward (1981-....)
Titre(s) : Jacob and the divine trickster [Texte imprimé] : a theology of deception and YHWH's fidelity to the ancestral promise in the Jacob cycle / John E. Anderson
Publication : Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2011
Description matérielle : xiv, 210 p. ; 24 cm
Collection : Siphrut ; 5
Lien à la collection : Siphrut
Comprend : 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.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-201) and indexes
Texte remanié de : Thesis Ph.D. : Baylor University : 2010
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
Sujet(s) : Jacob (personnage biblique)
Bible. A.T.. Genèse -- Exégèse
Déception -- Enseignement biblique
Vérité et mensonge -- Religion -- Judaïsme
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781575062198 (hardback) (alk. paper). - ISBN 1575062194 (hardback) (alk. paper)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42750533b
Notice n° :
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