@article{snyman_narrative_2002, title = {Narrative Rationality, Morality and Readers' Identification}, volume = {15}, issn = {10109919 N1 - Accession Number: {OTA}0000023492; Languages: English; Scripture Citation: Esther ; Issued by {ATLA}: 20190415; Publication Type: Article; Abstract Number: {OTA}26-2003-{OCT}-1637}, abstract = {Using S. Toulmin's description of the heritage of modernity, S. discusses the problem of readers' identification with characters in the Bible that provides them with a model of virtue or an impetus to structure their own lives or that of their religious community. Such identification can be disastrous since readers' contexts and those of the character in the story are utterly different. Identification with the character of Esther and her request for a second day of bloodshed, in particular, are taken as a point of departure in S.'s study. The degree to which readers (for example, a critical feminist group within Western European Christianity or African students in the context of South Africa) are able to identify with biblical characters and the moral force of identification are addressed. S. concludes with a discussion on narrative rationality that encourages readers to look for moral meaning rather than legalistic principles. [Adapted from published abstract--Robert D. Haak].] Abstract Number: {OTA}26-2003-{OCT}-1637}, pages = {179--199}, journaltitle = {Old Testament Essays}, shortjournal = {Old Testament Essays}, author = {Snyman, Gerrie.}, date = {2002}, keywords = {Literary Forms/Techniques \& Methods of Study}, }