033: The Trauma of Lot and his Daughters: Kayla Jentes (Genesis 19:30-38)

Co-Hosts Mike Mason and Dave Lester welcome multi-time return guest, Kayla Jentes, back on the show to talk about Lot and his daughters living in a cave. Lot is afraid in the city of Zoar so he and his daughters flee to a cave in the mountains. It is there that Lot's daughters hatch a plot to preserve their family line through sexually assaulting their father. It is a story that is morally outrageous but also contains some complexity. The hosts and guest also talk about how the point of this epilogue to the Sodom and Gomorrah account is the origin of the Moabites and the Ammonites.Follow and read Kayla Jentes' writings: https://thenerdychiro.substack.com/Listen to the Bible Project Podcast here: https://bibleproject.com/podcasts/shows/the-bible-project-podcast/Sources used for this episode: *The NIV Application Commentary: Genesis by Dr. John Walton*Word Biblical Commentary: Genesis 16-50 by Gordon J. Wenham*The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament by John H. Walton, Victor H Matthews & Mark W. Chavalas*Come Out My People: God's Call Out of Empire in the Bible and Beyond by Wes Howard-Brook*The JPS Commentary: Genesis by Nahum Sarna*Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson