Lot's Wife | Biblical Figure - Britannica

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• Biblical Archaeology Society Library - How Lot�s Wife Became a Pillar of Salt

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Lot’s wife, biblical character, a disobedient woman who was turned into a pillar of salt for looking back to see the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah as she and her family were fleeing. Her story is seen as an example of what happens to those who choose a worldly life over salvation. Writers who have used the image of Lot’s wife in one sense or another include John Milton, Andrew Marvell, Lord Byron, Charlotte Brontë, William Blake, D.H. Lawrence, and James Joyce.

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