Dr. Dylan Johnson

They show up at the door of Lot, and they demand that Lot give these two men angels, whatever they are, to the crowd, to the mob, and in proper euphemistic biblical words, so that they may know them.

They show up at the door of Lot, and they demand that Lot give these two men angels, whatever they are, to the crowd, to the mob, and in proper euphemistic biblical words, so that they may know them.

They show up at the door of Lot, and they demand that Lot give these two men angels, whatever they are, to the crowd, to the mob, and in proper euphemistic biblical words, so that they may know them.

And that specific line is where a whole bunch of associations of Sodom with sexual deviancy and other different sexual acts, that's where that derives from, because the threat is quite clearly sexual assault of some kind. Lot refuses. There's a strange offer to send his own daughters out to appease the mob.

And that specific line is where a whole bunch of associations of Sodom with sexual deviancy and other different sexual acts, that's where that derives from, because the threat is quite clearly sexual assault of some kind. Lot refuses. There's a strange offer to send his own daughters out to appease the mob.

And that specific line is where a whole bunch of associations of Sodom with sexual deviancy and other different sexual acts, that's where that derives from, because the threat is quite clearly sexual assault of some kind. Lot refuses. There's a strange offer to send his own daughters out to appease the mob.

It didn't come to fruition because ultimately, the messengers, the men, the angels, they managed to ferry Lot and his family out of the city, his wife, his children, to the nearby other city of the plain called Zoar. And then we get the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, presumably as well. with, again, these classical King James words, fire and brimstone.

It didn't come to fruition because ultimately, the messengers, the men, the angels, they managed to ferry Lot and his family out of the city, his wife, his children, to the nearby other city of the plain called Zoar. And then we get the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, presumably as well. with, again, these classical King James words, fire and brimstone.

It didn't come to fruition because ultimately, the messengers, the men, the angels, they managed to ferry Lot and his family out of the city, his wife, his children, to the nearby other city of the plain called Zoar. And then we get the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, presumably as well. with, again, these classical King James words, fire and brimstone.

No one knows what brimstone is anymore, but it's just sulfur. So the story essentially ends there. And then after this episode, these two cities, Sodom and Gomorrah, become bywords for sin and punishment.

No one knows what brimstone is anymore, but it's just sulfur. So the story essentially ends there. And then after this episode, these two cities, Sodom and Gomorrah, become bywords for sin and punishment.

No one knows what brimstone is anymore, but it's just sulfur. So the story essentially ends there. And then after this episode, these two cities, Sodom and Gomorrah, become bywords for sin and punishment.

And they're going to enter into the biblical imagination as these archetypes of those two outcomes, which obviously happens quite a bit, recurs quite a bit in the unfolding history of Israel and then Judah. Describing enemy cities, I'm guessing it's Sodom and Gomorrah or describing their own cities. Jerusalem is destroyed by the Babylonians because it was sinful and it's being punished.

And they're going to enter into the biblical imagination as these archetypes of those two outcomes, which obviously happens quite a bit, recurs quite a bit in the unfolding history of Israel and then Judah. Describing enemy cities, I'm guessing it's Sodom and Gomorrah or describing their own cities. Jerusalem is destroyed by the Babylonians because it was sinful and it's being punished.

And they're going to enter into the biblical imagination as these archetypes of those two outcomes, which obviously happens quite a bit, recurs quite a bit in the unfolding history of Israel and then Judah. Describing enemy cities, I'm guessing it's Sodom and Gomorrah or describing their own cities. Jerusalem is destroyed by the Babylonians because it was sinful and it's being punished.

Samaria, the northern capital of the northern kingdom, is destroyed for the exact same reason. So in the Psalms and in various other texts, in fact, far more often they describe their own cities as Sodom and Gomorrah. A couple times they will label places like Babylon

Samaria, the northern capital of the northern kingdom, is destroyed for the exact same reason. So in the Psalms and in various other texts, in fact, far more often they describe their own cities as Sodom and Gomorrah. A couple times they will label places like Babylon

Samaria, the northern capital of the northern kingdom, is destroyed for the exact same reason. So in the Psalms and in various other texts, in fact, far more often they describe their own cities as Sodom and Gomorrah. A couple times they will label places like Babylon

Exactly. So it's extremely theologically loaded based on the questions of sin and of mercy and of proportional destruction. And the other component is also that it's bound up in this bigger narrative. The Sodom and Gomorrah story that most people would know from chapters 18 and 19 concern Abraham and his wife Sarah. And the catch is also that it's part of this broader narrative.

Exactly. So it's extremely theologically loaded based on the questions of sin and of mercy and of proportional destruction. And the other component is also that it's bound up in this bigger narrative. The Sodom and Gomorrah story that most people would know from chapters 18 and 19 concern Abraham and his wife Sarah. And the catch is also that it's part of this broader narrative.