Susan Niditch
Underdogs and Tricksters
A Prelude to Biblical Folklore
University of Illinois Press 2000
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Język: angielski
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Treating Old Testament stories äs the product of an oral traditional world, A Prelude to Biblical Folklore sets biblical narrative in a broad cross-cultural context and reveals much about the richness and complexity of the ancient Israelite civilization that produced it.
Using a unique combination of biblical schol-arship and folklore methodology, Susan Niditch tracks stories of biblical characters who become heroes against the odds, either through trickery or through native wisdom, physical prowess, and the help of human or divine agents. In this volume, originally pub-lished äs Underdogs and Tricksters, Niditch examines three cross-sections of the Old Testament in detail: stories in Genesis in which patriarchs pretend that their wives are really their sisters; the contrasting stories of two younger sons, the trickster Jacob and the earnest underdog Joseph; and the story of Esther äs a paradigm of feminine wisdom pitted against unjust authority.
Linking these Old Testament heroes to the legendary tricksters and underdogs of other cultures, Niditch shows how the Israelites' worldview and self-image are reflected in the way biblical authors teil their stories. Through a thoughtful analysis of style, content, narrative choices, and attitudes to issues of gender and political authority in biblical narrative, A Prdude to Biblical Folklore draws persuasive conclusions about the identity, location, and provenance of the stories' authors and their audiences.
Contents
Preface to the Paperback Edition ix
Acknowledgments xüi
Introduction xv
1. The Field of Folklore: A Review l
2. The Three Wife-Sister Tales of Genesis 23
3. Tales of Two Younger Sons: Contour of the Whole
and Style of the Parts 70
4. Jacob and Joseph: Patterns and Content, Digging
Deep er 93
5. Esther: Folklore, Wisdom, Feminism, and Authority 126
Conclusions 146
List of Abbreviations 153
Notes 155
Bibliography 171
Index 183
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