Sodom and Gomorrah. The legend of the two cities on which the Divinity sends clouds of "fire and brimstone" to punish the immoral inhabitants is one of the most famous myths in the Hebrew Bible.
The story of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah is described in the Bible, in the Qur'an, and mentioned in the New Testament, so the teachings of this myth underlie the world's three major religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Other ArticlesMarina Almășan noticed a painful detail at the head ... Kissing on New Year's Eve, an old custom, since ... Fish fillets in the oven on a bed of vegetables. Tricks from the ...The Jewish Bible tells in the Book of Genesis how God revealed to Abraham that Sodom and Gomorrah would be destroyed for their grave sins (18:20).
Abraham pleads for the lives of righteous people who live there, especially for the lives of his grandson Lot and his family. Abraham seems to be negotiating with God to save the honest citizens of the two cities.
God first agrees to spare the cities if 50 righteous people can be found, and finally the covenant is established for only 10 righteous people in the two cities (18: 23–32).
The deity sends two angels with human appearance to Lot in Sodom, but the two holy entities are greeted by a wicked crowd demanding "newcomers."
Lot offers his daughters to the crowd instead, but this only makes the crowd even angrier, which is then blinded by the angelic guests (19: 1-11).
Finding only Lot and his family as the only "virtuous" people among the inhabitants, the angels warn Lot to evacuate the city quickly and not look back. As Lot and his family flee the destruction, his wife looks back at the city and is transformed into a pillar of salt (19: 12–29).
Sodom and Gomorrah, the details that show the real reason for the divine destruction of the cities
The exact nature of the cursed wickedness of cities has been the subject of debate for historians, scientists, and psychologists.
Traditionally, the legend of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah has long been used as a pretext to describe homosexuality as a sin.
A closer reading of the text reveals some aspects related to the fallen morality of the inhabitants, which do not necessarily have to do with sexual orientation, but rather with a consensual sexual act and wild violence.
The crowds of angels say to Lot, "Where are the people who came to you tonight? Bring them to us so that we may know them" (Genesis 19: 5). This has long been interpreted as "carnal knowledge" and many believe that the widespread homosexuality of the inhabitants is the one that gains their destruction.
Yet other biblical references to Sodom and Gomorrah, including Jude 1: 7, focus on violent immorality described as "unnatural lust," and "abominable things."
Lot, the biblical character, influenced by Sodom, the cursed city
Behavioral experts also draw attention to Lot's attitude in this situation, which offers his own daughters, who are at the age of virginity, to be abused by the crowd. Psychologists draw attention to a vicious mentality on the part of Lot, who chooses to sacrifice his own children, even though the Divinity had not asked for this sacrifice. The conclusion of psychologists and sociologists is that Lot was also influenced by the immorality and sadism of the people of Sodom.
Modern studies, especially in Judaism and certain branches of Christianity, have suggested that the lack of any moral landmark of the inhabitants and the behavior of extreme violence offend God and not homosexuality.
According to this view, the crowd's requests to “abuse” the angelic guests reveal the deep-rooted aggression of the inhabitants of Sodom and are meant to be in stark contrast to the gracious hospitality offered to both strangers by Abraham and Lot.
Indeed, Abraham and Lot generously received and fed the angelic strangers, Abraham with a specially prepared calf (18: 7–8), and Lot with a feast and an invitation to a night's rest (19). : 2–3). To support this statement, some quote Jesus' words from Matthew 10: 14-15.
"If someone does not receive or listen to your words, shake off the dust on your feet when you leave your home or city. Verily I say unto you, It shall be better for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
Here, Christ suggests that the grave sin of Sodom and Gomorrah and of any city that rejects His disciples is that of "lack of hospitality," understood as a rejection of Messianic teaching, present in other pre-Christian religions such as Buddhism. . Ezekiel 16:49 mentions the refusal of the inhabitants to care for the poor despite their prosperity, which is considered further proof that homosexuality is not the cause of their condemnation, notes britanica.com.
Sodom and Gomorrah, located in the Dead Sea area. Proof that would confirm the existence of one of the cities
Sodom and Gomorrah are probably located near the shallow waters south of Al-Lisān, a former peninsula in the central part of the Dead Sea of Israel, which now completely separates the northern and southern basins of the sea.
Sodom and Gomorrah are thought to have been destroyed around 1900 BC. of an earthquake in the Dead Sea area of the East African Rift System, where there is a geological rupture that extends south from the Jordan River valley in Israel to the Zambezi River system in East Africa.
Archaeological evidence indicates that the area was once fertile, in the Middle Bronze Age (c. 2000 – c. 1550 BC), with fresh water flowing into the Dead Sea in sufficient quantities to support agriculture. Because of the fertile land, Lot chose the area of the cities in the Siddim Valley (Salt Sea or Dead Sea) to graze his flocks. When the catastrophic destruction occurred, the oil and gas in the area probably contributed to the creation of a "fire and brimstone" atmosphere.
Har Sedom (Arabic: Jabal Usdum), or Mount Sodom, at the southwestern end of the sea, reflects the name of Sodom. The current industrial site of Sedom, Israel, on the shores of the Dead Sea, is located near the supposed site of Sodom and Gomorrah.
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