Sunday, November 25, 2007

Modern Day Version of the Levite and his Concubine

In my reading this weekend, I came upon several interesting perspectives and articles about the Levite and his concubine...the one who was put out instead of the Levite to appease the angry men of Gibeah. He was the one the men really wanted to humiliate and degrade (ala sodomy according to the text). She was raped all night....was found the next morning, on the doorstep...assumed dead when she did not respond to the Levite's "Get up. We're going." Was flung on the donkey....later cut into twelve pieces and sent to the twelve tribes. Quite the story.

By far the most farfetched commentary was on a blog called Brie: It’s What’s For Breakfast. The name of the article was Why I Haunt Them. It is a modern day retelling of the story of the Levite and his concubine....using an abusive husband, drugs, a seedy, violent gang out to get the husband....and the modern day concubine, an abused wife. Very interesting read....but very graphic and at least R (if not X rated). That's why I'm not copying and pasting the article, but rather leaving it to the discretion of anyone who is interested enough to follow the link. Anybodywho does read it...I would be interested on your take....the differences and similarities in the stories.

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