Who is Lot's Wife?
Another low-down:
Lot’s Wife. A woman otherwise unidentified (Gen 19:15–17). In company with Lot and their 2 unmarried daughters, angels led her forth from the doomed city of Sodom. Apparently resenting the disruption of her comfortable life in Sodom, and wishing to return, she disobeyed the warning not to look back, and was turned into a "pillar of salt" (see v 26). This infraction of the lesser command implied unwillingness to co-operate with the greater command to flee. Christ cited her experience as a warning to those who live in the days immediately preceding the time of His return to earth (see Lk 17:32) --
When asked about her name,
Dr. Alexander Roman gives this reply:
We simply do not and cannot know the name of Lot's wife as it has never been recorded or else handed down by tradition.
No where in scripture is Lot's wife mentioned by name. There may be some (extra-biblical) historical account somewhere that names her specifically.
A reader emailed me to tell me that: "There was a question (answer) on Jeopardy referring to Lot's wife and as a salty character and said her name was Ildeth. This particular show aired on March 24, 2004"
This may be her name, but the bible doesn't tell us for sure.
I have searched around and it does seem that Ildeth or "Edith" may be Lot's wife. There are several ancient poems and extra-biblical stories that refer to her as "salt" or crying tears of salt.
Total disclaimer: While I was raised by pastors, this by no means makes me s theologan. Rather, I pride myself on knowing as much about the Bible as you do...My little report should not be held as pure biblical truth, but rather a VERY EDUCATED guess!!!!
6 comments:
yeah, i read that stuff too... i hate not knowing for sure!!!
i think it's prolly reliable. jeopardy is known for their research and the name does show up quite a bit in reference to lot and salt...who knows, but i think it's as good as we're gonna get!!!!
Lot's wife and the pillar of salt
Several questions are proposed concerning Lot's wife being changed into a pillar of salt. Some suggest that being surprised and suffocated with fire and smoke, she remained in place, as immovable as a rock of salt.
Others say that a column or monument of salt stone was erected on her grave, or that she was stifled in the flame and became a monument of salt to posterity; that is, a permanent and durable monument of her impudence.
Finally, a literal interpretation is that she was suddenly petrified and changed into a statue of rock salt, which is a soft rock or a halite.
The alleged name of Lot's wife is Edith or Ildeth.
This is taken from wikipedia... notice the word "ALLEGED"
ahhh...i do think it's edith...c'mon, have you ever met an edith you liked??? (and relatives can only count if you hate them!!!!!!)
i give... edith it is!!!
the only edith i've ever liked was archies wife!!
lol!!!!
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