Reclaiming Dinah : a feminist-literary analysis of Genesis 34.1-9
Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2010. Religious Studies Includes bibliographical references (leaves 127-130) Patriarchal readings of Genesis 34 have traditionally understood the story of Dinah to be one of "crime and punishment": Dinah is raped because she had the audac...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:theses4/159982 2023-05-15T17:23:34+02:00 Reclaiming Dinah : a feminist-literary analysis of Genesis 34.1-9 Aucoin, Lael, 1986- Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dept. of Religious Studies 2010. v, 130 leaves. Image/jpeg; Application/pdf http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/theses4/id/159982 Eng eng Electronic Theses and Dissertations (16.55 MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/theses/Aucoin_Lael.pdf a3475061 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/theses4/id/159982 The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission. Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries Dinah (Biblical figure) Bible. O.T.--Genesis--Feminist criticism Betrothal--Religious aspects--Christianity Redemption--Christianity Text Electronic thesis or dissertation 2010 ftmemorialunivdc 2015-08-06T19:22:43Z Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2010. Religious Studies Includes bibliographical references (leaves 127-130) Patriarchal readings of Genesis 34 have traditionally understood the story of Dinah to be one of "crime and punishment": Dinah is raped because she had the audacity to leave her father's home without permission. While later interpretations of the story are not so blatantly offensive, their misogynism is still evident, albeit in a much more subtle (and potentially more dangerous) form. Feminist biblical scholars, therefore, are presented with the daunting task of redeeming Dinah from centuries of patriarchal interpretation. This thesis explores how such a redemption of Dinah is possible. -- The task of redeeming Dinah is made possible through the interpretation of Genesis 34.1-9 as a "betrothal narrative" whose literary convention suggests a much more positive interpretation. By applying the structural arrangement of a betrothal type-scene as discerned by Robert Alter in Genesis 24 and Genesis 29 to Genesis 34, one can see how the narrative concerning Dinah offers a means of redemption. Dinah is no longer a victim to be blamed but a heroine in her own right a potential wife and mother. The narrative itself, far from condemning Dinah, offers her a means of redemption, a redemption foreclosed by the actions of Simeon and Levi. This thesis, therefore, provides a deeper insight into the apparent rape of Genesis 34, in order that readers can better comprehend Dinah's presence in the text and provide to it new meaning. Thesis Newfoundland studies University of Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2010. Religious Studies Includes bibliographical references (leaves 127-130) Patriarchal readings of Genesis 34 have traditionally understood the story of Dinah to be one of "crime and punishment": Dinah is raped because she had the audacity to leave her father's home without permission. While later interpretations of the story are not so blatantly offensive, their misogynism is still evident, albeit in a much more subtle (and potentially more dangerous) form. Feminist biblical scholars, therefore, are presented with the daunting task of redeeming Dinah from centuries of patriarchal interpretation. This thesis explores how such a redemption of Dinah is possible. -- The task of redeeming Dinah is made possible through the interpretation of Genesis 34.1-9 as a "betrothal narrative" whose literary convention suggests a much more positive interpretation. By applying the structural arrangement of a betrothal type-scene as discerned by Robert Alter in Genesis 24 and Genesis 29 to Genesis 34, one can see how the narrative concerning Dinah offers a means of redemption. Dinah is no longer a victim to be blamed but a heroine in her own right a potential wife and mother. The narrative itself, far from condemning Dinah, offers her a means of redemption, a redemption foreclosed by the actions of Simeon and Levi. This thesis, therefore, provides a deeper insight into the apparent rape of Genesis 34, in order that readers can better comprehend Dinah's presence in the text and provide to it new meaning. |
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