This theme of vengeance in the story of Dinah contrasts with the event that precedes it; the reconciliation of Esau and Jacob (27:41). After 20 years of separation, it is Esau who repaired …

Dinah, Jacob’s daughter by Leah, went into the city of Shechem to see the daughters of the land. Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite took her by force and raped her.

While most people are familiar with the stories of Jacob’s 12 sons, how they came about and what their tribes accomplished, many of us however overlook the story and struggle of his only …

The Dinah Project describes programmatic ways in which a local church can respond to the crisis of sexual violence in the community. By sharing the lessons of one church, this book proposes …

Genesis 34 relates the story of Dinah as follows: Dinah, the daughter of Leah and Jacob left home one day to visit the women of the region, when Shechem, the son of Hamor, the prince of the …

In this essay, we analyze the rab-binic approaches to this story, as well as the incorporation of this story into the exegetical literature (parshanut hamikrah). We then review the uses of this story …

Cohn Eskenazi, PhD Gavi S. Ruit’s book, The Story of Dinah: Rape and Rape Myth in Jewish Tra-dition, is a veritable tour de force, taking readers systematically through at-titudes regarding …