In the Old Testament, a story recounted in Genesis 19:1-38. Two angels urged Lot, his wife, and two daughters to flee Sodom before it’s destruction by God. His wife disobeyed the angels orders and looked back as she fled, and was turned into a pillar of salt. (Kremer, 2025) Photo from painting by Benjamin West in the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan (2025).
Photo of painting by Jan de Cock from the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, 2025.
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