In observation of how to better read a narrative text I expected to see a much more in depth breakdown of the significance of the characters, plot, and setting. Therefore, the intense dissecting of the text for this approach did not surprise me, but rather appeased me. In Gunn’s example, he focuses on the self-formulated questions of plot and character as the most significant part of the study. He sees relevance in the connecting order of events

Continuing to shine new light on some of the controversies of this passage, Dunn offers some new insights on many of the characters in Genesis 19. For example, simply read, the offering of Lot’s daughters to an angry crowd of men may be justified in that Lot may be trying to uphold his honor by being hospitable. However, Dunn suggests that possibly his offer of his daughters is an effort to shock the aggressors into a realization of the enormity of their request, so that they refrain altogether. In a later explication, Dunn also offers that perhaps Lot did not go to Zoar as a coward, or as a stubborn man who is scared or giving up; but that he may have gone to Zoar, a place that Dunn suggests is feared by most, because he thought he might could save it. Though not able to prevent the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot could have been acting out of humanity by accepting the challenge of saving a small city; something he believes is possible. Also the e

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