The defilement of Dina: uncontrolled passions, textual violence, and the search for moral foundations

The story of Dinah’s violation in Genesis 34 has elicited radically different evaluations among exegetes. The present article attributes these divergent readings to the existence of distinct voices or moral positions in the text, particularly in relation to the issue of intermarriage. Beginning with...

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Published in:Biblical interpretation
Main Author: Feder, Yitzhaq 1977- (Author)
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2016]
In: Biblical interpretation
Year: 2016, Volume: 24, Issue: 3, Pages: 281-309
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
NBE Anthropology
NCF Sexual ethics
Further subjects:B Mixed marriage
B Rape
B Ethnicity
B Violence
B Purity
B Morals
B Dinah
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