The abduction of Dinah
Subtitle: Genesis 28:10-35:15 as a votive narrative
By: Daniel Hankore
Publisher: Pickwick Publications; Clarke Company, Limited, James
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Eugene, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9781610979917; 9780227173961
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Bible; Vows in the Bible; Rape in the Bible
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-253) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Boundaries of the Jacob story and its literary structure; title: The concept of "vow" in the Hebrew scriptures; title: Vow-making of Jacob as metarepresentation; title: Vow granting and vow fulfilling; title: Dinah story as an adverse consequence of the unfulfilled vow; title: Conclusion with remarks on implications for translation; title: App. 1: Hebrew, Israel and Jew; title: App. 2: Translation of Genesis 28:10-22; title: App. 3: Institution of tithing; title: App. 4: Interviews about the vow and "rape" of Dinah; title: App. 5: Conditionals and metarepresentation; title: App. 6: Some real-life stories of abductive marriage among the Hadiyya people; title: App. 7: Excursus on translating Gen 28:10-35:15.