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Michal's moral dilemma : a literary, anthropological and ethical interpretation

Michals Moral Dilemma proposes that attention should be paid to the moral goods that feature in the text, before arguing that the family, a central feature of Old Testament morality, should be understood as a set of practices rather than an institution. Jonathan Rowe discusses the use of models of social action to comprehend the social world of the Bible, and suggests a modified version of Bakhtins theory of heteroglossic voices can help readers appreciate how authors present a moral vision by approving some characters actions whilst undermining others. The discussion of Michals moral dilemma.

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