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BLYTH, C., The Narrative of Rape in Genesis 34. Interpreting Dinah's Silence. Oxford University Press, 2010. Original blue gilt titled cloth with dust wrps. Nice copy. Like new. In this book, the author takes a journey through both biblical and contemporary cultures, contemplating the commonality and diversity of rape survivors' experiences across space and time. In particular, the book evaluates the insidious and pervasive influences of the cultural myths and misperceptions surrounding sexual violence, which have long served to deny rape survivors a voice with which to relate their narrative of suffering. The author examines whether such ‘rape myths’ are likewise given voice within the biblical text of Genesis 34, where we encounter Dinah, a voiceless literary victim of sexual violence. When these myths do appear to be represented within the narrative, consideration is then given to the ways in which they may have shaped Dinah's literary experience of sexual violation and furthermore, contributed to her narrative silence. Appealing to the witness of contemporary rape survivors whose own testimonies of their experiences have been affected by such rape myths, the author then attempts to grant Dinah a literary voice with which to share her story. This book therefore attempts to provide a deeper insight into Dinah's literary silence within the narrative, in order that contemporary readers can better comprehend its significance and complexity and grant to it a rich and new meaning. (Publisher's information). € 95.00 (Antiquarian) (Printed on Demand) (approx. delivery time: 4 weeks) ISBN: 9780199589456