Title: The abduction of Dinah : reading Genesis 28:10 - 35:15 as a votive narrative /
Authors: Hankore, Daniel.
Publisher: Pickwick Publications,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Dinah; Jacob; Bible. Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Vows in the Bible.; Rape in the Bible.
Contents: Introduction -- Boundaries of the Jacob story and its literary structure -- The concept of "vow" in the Hebrew scriptures -- Vow-making of Jacob as metarepresentation -- Vow granting and vow fulfilling -- Dinah story as an adverse consequence of the unfulfilled vow -- Conclusion with remarks on implications for translation -- App. 1: Hebrew, Israel and Jew -- App. 2: Translation of Genesis 28:10-22 -- App. 3: Institution of tithing -- App. 4: Interviews about the vow and "rape" of Dinah -- App. 5: Conditionals and metarepresentation -- App. 6: Some real-life stories of abductive marriage among the Hadiyya people -- App. 7: Excursus on translating Gen 28:10-35:15.