The Trickster Revisited: Deception as a Motif in the Pentateuch explores the use of deception in the Pentateuch and uncovers a new understanding of the trickster’s function in the Hebrew Bible. While traditional readings often «whitewash» the biblical characters, exonerating the…
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 …
The Trickster Revisited: Deception as a Motif in the Pentateuch explores the use of deception in the Pentateuch and uncovers a new understanding of the trickster's function in the Hebrew Bible. While traditional readings often "whitewash" the biblical characters, exonerating the…