TY  - JOUR
A1  - Tumanov, Vladimir
T1  - Dinah's rage : the retelling of Genesis 34 in Anita Diamant's "The red tent" and Thomas Mann's "Joseph and his Brothers"
T2  - Canadian review of comparative literature
N2  - It is commonplace to assert that the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament is based on an androcentric position. Although critics have tried to introduce some sort of female empowerment by reassessing various biblical stories (cf. Savina Teubal, 1984), Genesis remains a man's realm with only a limited female perspective. The case of Dinah's rape by Shechem in Genesis 34 illustrates the marginality of womanhood in the biblical world and theology. The pericope tells us that, while the Israelites are settled near the Hivite city of Shechem in Canaan, Jacob's and Leah's daughter Dinah goes out of the Israelite camp. She is raped by Shechem, the prince of the eponymous city, who then abducts her and makes her one of his household. A deal is concluded by Jacob's sons and the Shechemites, according to which the situation can be made legitimate through marriage if the men of Shechem circumcise themselves. While the Shechemites are weak at er the surgery, the Israelites sack the city, kill all the males and take Dinah back.
KW  - Mann, Thomas / Joseph und seine Brüder
KW  - Dina
KW  - Genesis 34
KW  - Diamant, Anita / The red tent
Y1  - 2007
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/36405
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-364053
SN  - 0319-051X
VL  - 34
IS  - 4
SP  - 375
EP  - 382
PB  - Acad. Print & Publ.
CY  - Edmonton
ER  -