Dangerous Tales : Genesis 34 and Its Literary Descendants.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cifers, Carrie A.

Series:

Bible and Its Reception Series

Bible and Its Reception Series ; v.9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dinah (Biblical figure).

Dinah.

Bible. Genesis--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc--History.

Women in the Bible.

Ethics in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (316 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, 2024.

Summary:

"The biblical narrative of Israel's only daughter Dinah is steeped in a silence that has posed interpretive problems for readers for more than two millennia. Carrie A. Cifers takes up the retellings of Genesis 34 in Josephus's Jewish Antiquities, the book of Jubilees, and Joseph and Aseneth to explore how later authors encountered this silence. Through narrative ethics and socio-narratology, Cifers demonstrates that readers have an ethical responsibility as witnesses to the text. This volume is a call for contemporary readers to engage biblical narratives in ways that mitigate interpretive violence and maximize each text's ethical potential"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

1. Introduction

2. Dinah Decides

3. The Ethics of Representation

4. The Agent(s) of an Ethical Shift

5. Conclusion

Appendix

Bibliography

Ancient Sources Index

Modern Authors Index Generated by AI.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-62837-631-7

OCLC:

1514633941