Anderson, John E.

Jacob and the divine trickster : a theology of deception and YHWH's fidelity to the ancestral promise in the Jacob cycle / John E. Anderson - Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2011 - xiv, 210 p. ; 24 cm. - Siphrut : literature and theology of the Hebrew scriptures ; 5 .

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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Jacob (Biblical patriarch)Bible. Genesis--Criticism, interpretation, etc.Deception in the Bible.

BS1238.D42 / .A53 2011