Jacob and the Divine Trickster: A Theology of Deception and Yhwh’s Fidelity to the Ancestral Promise in the Jacob Cycle. By John E. Anderson
Jacob, ancestor of the Israelite tribes, is the protagonist of an entertaining and indeed amusing cycle of stories in the book of Genesis. These stories tell how Jacob, the disadvantaged second son of Isaac, succeeded in life. Jacob’s success is due to his extraordinary resourcefulness in his dealin...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2013
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2013, Volume: 64, Issue: 1, Pages: 180-183 |
| Review of: | Jacob and the divine trickster (Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2011) (Lang, Bernhard)
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| Summary: | Jacob, ancestor of the Israelite tribes, is the protagonist of an entertaining and indeed amusing cycle of stories in the book of Genesis. These stories tell how Jacob, the disadvantaged second son of Isaac, succeeded in life. Jacob’s success is due to his extraordinary resourcefulness in his dealings with his brother Esau, his father Isaac, and his father-in-law Laban, told in four episodes of trickery: (1) Jacob famously buys the rights of the eldest son from his brother Esau for a mere dish of lentils (Gen. 25:31–4). (2) Following his mother Rebekah’s suggestion, Jacob tricks his blind father into believing that he is Esau, thus obtaining the paternal blessing intended for the firstborn son (Gen. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flt049 |