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...
Published in: | Biblical interpretation |
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Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
[2016]
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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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Volltext (doi) |