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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Main Author: Lang, Bernhard 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Oxford University Press 2013
In: 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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