RE: A Literal Bible. Answering questions
May 9, 2022 at 1:20 pm
(This post was last modified: May 9, 2022 at 1:20 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(May 9, 2022 at 12:59 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: I think Hebrew is perfectly capable of describing someone burning into ashes in an instant. 'Pillar of Salt' is not remotely a good description of what a witness would have seen if there were such an airburst.-and in that way, helpful navigational waypoints would be neatly encoded in a society's establishment legend. We're often told that these stories are a map for life.
It's speculation but it sounds like the kind of story that often grows around unusual geological features. If someone saw a pillar of salt on a plain that in any way resembled a woman, a story about how the supposed woman got that way would almost certainly follow.
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