Terrible silence, eternal silence: A feminist re-reading of Dinah's voicelessness in Genesis 34

Biblical Interpretation

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 483-506

  Blyth, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DINAH; FEMINIST BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION; GENESIS 34; SEXUAL VIOLENCE

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953953241     PISSN: 09272569     EISSN: 15685152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156851508X401150     Document Type: Review

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