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“Michal leaps out of the void as a name, a significant relation (Saul’s daughter), and an emotion (her love for David). This love, twice stated here, is bound to have special salience because it is the only instance in all biblical literature in which we are explicitly told that a woman loves a man.” — Robert Alter

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Michal leaps out of the void as a name, a significant relation (Saul’s daughter), and an emotion (her love for David). This love, twice stated here, is bound to have special salience because it is the only instance in all biblical literature in which we are explicitly told that a woman loves a man.
— Robert Alter