• Ultraviolet@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    What’s arguably even more fucked up is that the basic assumption the story relies on is that the audience is intended to see Lot’s choice not as a betrayal towards his daughters, but as a personal sacrifice in giving up his property. This was considered to be so obvious to the people of its time that it goes unstated.

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      9 months ago

      If it isn’t stated how do you know it was the author’s intention?