RT Article
T1 Can anything good come from Sodom? A feminist and narrative critique of Lot's daughters in Gen. 19.30-38
JF Journal for the study of the Old Testament
VO 43
IS 3
SP 334
OP 342
A1 Korpman, Matthew J
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1666241806
AB 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.
K1 Divine reversal
K1 Judges 19
K1 Sodom
K1 Hospitality
K1 Irony
K1 Patriarchy
K1 Rape
DO 10.1177/0309089217727919