Lot's wife is not named in the Bible but is called "Ado" or "Edith" in some Jewish traditions.
14 Facts About Lot's wife
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Lot's wife is referred to in the deuterocanonical books at the Book of Wisdom and the New Testament at Luke 17:32.
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The story of Lot's wife begins in Genesis 19 after two angels arrived in Sodom at eventide and were invited to spend the night at Lot's home.
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The Hebrew verb used for Lot's wife "looking" back is.
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In Judaism, one common view of Lot's wife turning to salt was as punishment for disobeying the angels' warning.
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Lot's wife was deemed unworthy to be saved and thus was turned to a pillar of salt.
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Not having any salt, Lot's wife asked her neighbors for some, which alerted them to the presence of their guests, resulting in the mob action that endangered Lot's family.
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Lot's wife is considered to be a messenger of God and a prophet of God.
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The difference between this telling and the Judeo-Christian telling from the Book of Genesis is that Lut's Lot's wife was destroyed alongside the wicked; in other words, she did not flee with Lut.
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Commentary: This was his Lot's wife, who was a bad old woman.
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Lot's wife stayed behind and was destroyed with whoever else was left.
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Lot's wife is mentioned by Jesus at Luke 17:32 in the context of warning his disciples about difficult times in the future when the Son of Man would return; he told them to remember Lot's wife as a warning to not waver at that time.
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The story of Lot's wife is paralleled in Shirley Jackson's short story "Pillar of Salt", in which a woman visiting New York with her husband becomes obsessed with the crumbling of the city.
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Media related to Lot's wife made into a pillar of salt at Wikimedia Commons.