Lot’s Wife

In Genesis 19:26 we read, “But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.” This is probably one of the shortest biographies in the Bible. It is nearly all we know of Lot’s wife; yet that single sentence has made her one of the outstanding examples of the Bible. Thousands of years after the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot’s wife was remembered by Jesus. It is the only mention of her in the New Testament. When Jesus was warning His followers of the approaching...