Prof. Rev. Wil Gafney is The Right. Rev. Sam B. Hulsey Professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School, Fort Worth, Texas. She holds a Ph.D. in Hebrew Bible from Duke University and is an ordained Episcopal priest. Gafney is a womanist Bible scholar, and the author of A Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church (vols. A and W, 2021); Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and of the Throne, (Westminster/John Knox, 2017); Nahum, Habakkuk and, Zephaniah (Wisdom Commentary, 2017) and Daughters of Miriam: Women Prophets in Ancient Israel (Fortress Press, 2007). For more on Gafney and her work, see her website, wilgafney.com.
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After escaping Sodom, Lot and his daughters hide out in a cave. Believing they were the last humans on earth, the daughters get their father drunk, and conceive children with him while he is asleep. But since when do daughters rape their fathers? A womanist midrashic reading retells the story from their perspective.
After escaping Sodom, Lot and his daughters hide out in a cave. Believing they were the last humans on earth, the daughters get their father drunk, and conceive children with him while he is asleep. But since when do daughters rape their fathers? A womanist midrashic reading retells the story from their perspective.
