Language:
English
Year of publication:
2019
Titel der Quelle:
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament
Angaben zur Quelle:
43,3 (2019) 334-342
Keywords:
Bible. Criticism, Narrative
;
Bible. Feminist criticism
;
Daughters of Lot (Biblical figures)
;
Patriarchy Biblical teaching
;
Rape in the Bible
;
Sodom (Extinct city)
Abstract:
For countless centuries, the story of Lot's daughters in Genesis has both abhorred and intrigued countless readers. Utilizing the hermeneutical lenses of Narrative and Feminist Criticism, this article draws attention to overlooked details in the narrative. The story is also contrasted with that of the Levite's Concubine in Judges 19. This study concludes that the narrative has been misread by past interpreters, arguing that the eldest daughter intentionally sought to deceive her younger sister for the intention of shaming their father as retribution for endangering their lives in Sodom. It proposes that the narrative of Gen. 19.30-38 is a dramatic representation by its author of divine irony and a strikingly pro-feminine text for the patriarchal society in which and to which it was written.
DOI:
10.1177/0309089217727919
URL:
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