Treating Old Testament stories as 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 scholarship 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 published as 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 stones
of two younger sons, the trickster Jacob and the earnest underdog
Joseph; and the story of Esther as 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
tell their stories. Through a thoughtful analysis of style,
content, narrative choices, and attitudes to issues of gender and
political authority in biblical narrative, A Prelude to Biblical
Folklore draws persuasive conclusions about the identity, location,
and provenance of the stories' authors and their audiences.
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