They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Copy link. The city was destroyed by fire from heaven in the time of Abraham and Lot (Genesis 19:24). Sodom and Gomorrah were two cities mentioned in the Book of Genesis and throughout the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and in the deuterocanonical books, as well as in the Quran and the Hadith. Nicht mehr mein Land 4:29 6. [31][32][33] According to Schaub, who dug at Bab edh-Dhra, Numeira was destroyed in 2600 BCE at a different time period than Bab edh-Dhra (2350–2067 BCE).[34]. "[59] Michaelson places the story of Sodom in context with other Genesis stories regarding Abraham's hospitality to strangers, and argues that when other texts in the Hebrew Bible mention Sodom, they do so without commentary on homosexuality. As the mob instead settles for the rape and murder of the foreigner's female concubine in the Battle of Gibeah story, the homosexual aspect is generally seen as inconsequential, and the ethical downfall is understood to be the violence and the threat of violence towards foreigners by the mob. Info. Lot, leader of the Hebrews, believes his people can co-exist with the Sodomites, a disastrous decision. The citizens also regularly tortured foreigners who sought lodging. [25] Strabo identifies a limestone and salt hill at the southwestern tip of the Dead Sea, and Kharbet Usdum (Hebrew: הר סדום‎, Har Sedom or Arabic: جبل السدوم‎, Jabal(u) 'ssudūm) ruins nearby as the site of biblical Sodom. January 2 Archaeological site of Numeira, Numeira, Al-Karak Governorate, Jordan. Her cries then went up into the heavens, the turning point that was revealed to have provoked God to enact judgement upon Sodom and Gomorrah in the first place in Genesis 18:20. The wickedness of the city became proverbial. Other possibilities include Numeira, al-Safi, Feifa (or Fifa, Feifah), and Khirbet al-Khanazir, which were also visited by Schaub and Rast. The New Testament also contains passages of parallels to the destruction and surrounding events that pertained to these cities and those who were involved. Because of this, the judges of the two cities were referred to as Shakrai ("Liar"), Shakurai ("Awful Liar"), Zayyafi ("Forger") and Mazle Dina ("Perverter of Justice"). (NRSV: know them, NIV: can have sex with them, NJB: can have intercourse with them). At first, this was good and well. [citation needed]. Within the Christian Churches that agree on the possible sexual interpretation of "know" (yada) in this context, there is still a difference of opinion on whether homosexuality is important. I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town. Sie sollen im Bereich des Toten Meers gelegen haben, in dem Gebiet, das Abrahams Neffe → Lot nach Gen 13,10-12 besiedelte. [56] According to the Book of Jasher, Paltith, one of Lot's daughters, was burnt alive (in some versions, on a pyre) for giving a poor man bread. [60], Two areas of contention have arisen in modern Christian scholarship concerning the story of Sodom and Gomorrah:[61][62]. 1–28; McNeil, Church and the Homosexual, pp. There have been various proposals and attempts to locate the Canaanite pentapolis situated around the Dead Sea. Some possible natural explanations for the events described have been proposed, but no widely accepted or strongly verified sites for the cities have been found. Sex, torture and betrayal in Biblical Sodom and Gomorrah. Welche Bedeutung dieser Ausdruck hat, erfahrt ihr hier, Wir nehmen die geflügelten Worte genauer "unter die Lupe". [12], The Quran contains twelve references to "the people of Lut", the biblical Lot, but meaning the residents of Sodom and Gomorrah, and their destruction by God is associated explicitly with their homosexual practices. He explains that the sin of Sodom was that "thy sister, Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. Sodom and Gomorrah painting . The story of Sodom and Gomorrah is closely connected to the story of Abraham and his nephew, Lot. Eliezer was reported to be a victim of such legally unjust conduct, after Sarah sent him to Sodom to report on Lot's welfare. Yada is used to refer to sexual intercourse in various instances, such as in Genesis 4:1 between Adam and Eve: And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.—Genesis 4:1, Some Hebrew scholars believe that yada, unlike the English word "know", requires the existence of a "personal and intimate relationship". For other uses, see. Tap to unmute. Even thus will it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. Up Next. When he saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. (eds. Wisdom 19:17 says that the Egyptians who enslaved the Israelites were "struck with blindness, like the men of Sodom who came to the door of that righteous man Lot. So, We saved him and his family, all. Beggars who settled into the two cities for refuge were similarly mistreated. [5][6][Jude 1:7] The Bible mentions that the cities were destroyed for their sins, haughtiness, egoism, and attempted rape. They had settled in an area near the Dead Sea, with Lot and his followers choosing to make their stead in Dead Sea plains. "Hier ging es wohl zu wie in Sodom und Gomorra! It also did good - The Spectator", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sodom_and_Gomorrah&oldid=1013316742, CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown, Wikipedia indefinitely move-protected pages, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles lacking reliable references from November 2014, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2018, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2017, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. They refused this offer, complained about this alien, namely Lot, judging them, and then came near to break down the door. The Lord replied that if there was even 1 righteous person living there, then He would not destroy the city. Sodom und Gomorrha, das waren nach dem ersten Buch der Bibel zwei Städte in der Nähe des Toten Meeres, in denen gottlose Menschen ein lasterhaftes Leben führten. Dehumanized 3:53 9. So steht es in der Bibel. Es gibt übrigens noch eine ganze Reihe weiterer deutscher Redewendungen, die ihren Ursprung in der Bibel haben. The lord was with Abraham overlooking the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and Abraham asked if God would destroy the city if there were any righteous men living there. The people of Nineveh were also wicked ( Jonah 1:2 ) and violent ( Jonah 3:8 ) and yet they were spared because they repented of their evil ways and called on God for forgiveness ( Jonah 3:10 ). Eine neuere Übersetzung sagt „ ... dass wir uns über sie … First, Sodom and Gomorrah were judged because of grave sin. Landscape with the Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah Tall el-Hammam is located in the southern Jordan river valley approximately 14 kilometres (9 mi) northeast of the Dead Sea, and according to Collins fits the biblical descriptions of the lands of Sodom. On its website, the Anglican Communion presents the argument that the story is "not even vaguely about homosexual love or relationships", but is instead "about dominance and rape, by definition an act of violence, not of sex or love". [45], In 1976, Giovanni Pettinato claimed that a cuneiform tablet that had been found in the newly discovered library at Ebla contained the names of all five of the cities of the plain (Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboim, and Bela), listed in the same order as in Genesis. Lot is encamped within the borders of Sodom at a time when "the men of Sodom [are] wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly". Throughout the chapter, the Prophet lists many sins of the people: rebelling against God, lacking in knowledge, deserting the Lord, idolatry, engaging in meaningless religious ritual, being unjust and oppressive to others, being insensitive to the needs of widows and orphans, committing murder, … Directed by Michael Curtiz. In Matthew 11:20–24, Jesus prophesies the fate of some cities where he did some of his works (KJV): "And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to Hell: for if the mighty works which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom it would have remained until this day. No archaeological site or ruin has, or thus far, can be, reliably determined as Sodom or Gomorrah. And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good."[24]. [67] Instead, those who hold to this interpretation see the demand to know as demanding the right to interrogate the strangers.[68]. Bert de Vries, "Archaeology in Jordan", ed. The beggar's clothing was also provided as a reward for any citizen who could successfully overcome his opponent in a street fight. 92–97, Lv.18:22; 26–27,29,30; 20:13; Dt. 2 “My lords,” he said, “please turn aside to your servant’s house. When this became known, both were burned alive (ib.). Divine judgment was passed upon them and four of them were consumed by fire and brimstone. This is similar to what Allah says about them in Surat Al-A`raf and Surat Hud, and in Surat Al-Hijr, where Allah commanded him to take his family at night, except for his wife, and not to turn around when they heard the Sayhah as it came upon his people. [27] Sayce later mentions that the story more closely resembles the doom of Sennacherib's host. Genesis 14:8 says the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah WENT OUT of their cities, to go into the Vale of Siddim. [49], Rictor Norton views classical Jewish texts as stressing the cruelty and lack of hospitality of the inhabitants of Sodom to the "stranger". Sodom and Gomorrah — known in the United States as The Last Days of Sodom and Gomorrah — is a DeLuxe Color 1962 epic film which is loosely based on the Biblical reading of Sodom and Gomorrah. Rabbinic writings affirm that the Sodomites also committed economic crimes, blasphemy, and bloodshed. Glock N‘ Roll 5:02 7. In addition, it is argued the word used in the King James Version of the Bible for "strange", can mean unlawful or corrupted (Rm. The stories of Sodom and Gomorrah and their destruction, whether historical or not, were clearly understood to have occurred near the Dead Sea, among the so-called "cities of the plain" mentioned in Genesis 13:12. Die deutsche Redewendung hat ihren Ursprung in der Bibel, genauer im Alten Testament (1. ", ruft Jennifers Mutter entsetzt, als sie die Tür zum Partykeller öffnet und ein großes Chaos vorfindet. 22:11; 33:26, cf. [28], The Jewish historian Josephus identifies the Dead Sea in geographic proximity to the ancient biblical city of Sodom. —Jude 1:7, This reference to "going after strange flesh" is understood in different ways to include something akin to bestiality, having illicit sex with strangers, having sex with angels, but most often God's destruction of the populations of the four cities is interpreted to mean homosexual (same-sex) relations. Die Belege, ihre Herkunft und Chronologie Bring them out unto us, that we may know them.' Moreover, that it "conveys its abhorrence of homosexuality through a variety of narrative settings", God's judgment of Sodom and Gomorrah being a "paradigmatic" instance of such condemnation. [10][11][12] Some Islamic societies incorporate punishments associated with Sodom and Gomorrah into sharia. Lot only prayed to God to be saved from doing as they did. "Sodom and Gomorrah" is also what officials in Accra, Ghana, have come to call a part of their city plagued by toxins of a sort the residents of the Biblical cities couldn't even have imagined. "Homosexual rape is the way in which they violate hospitality—not the essence of their transgression. Three men come to Abraham in the plains of Mamre. In Abrahamic religions, Sodom and Gomorrah have become synonymous with impenitent sin, and their fall with a proverbial manifestation of divine retribution. Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed. These five cities, also known as the "cities of the plain" (from Genesis in the King James Version), were situated on the Jordan River plain in the southern region of the land of Canaan. The plain was compared to the garden of Eden[Gen.13:10] as being well-watered and green, suitable for grazing livestock. When the scandal was revealed, the woman was stripped naked and covered with honey. The names si-da-mu [TM.76.G.524] and ì-ma-ar [TM.75.G.1570 and TM.75.G.2233] were identified as representing Sodom and Gomorrah, which gained some acceptance at the time. [35][36] The ongoing dig is a result of joint cooperation between Trinity Southwest University and the Department of Antiquities of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Rather than compare Sodom and Gomorrah to other ancient cultures and seek to justify their sexual immorality, Sodom and Gomorrah should be compared to Nineveh during the time of Jonah. Als sei er einem Hollywood-Film der vierziger Jahre entsprungen, zog Weifenbach ein Bündel Geldscheine aus der Jackentasche und zahlte bar. Later deuterocanonical texts attempt to glean additional insights about these cities of the Jordan Plain and their residents. Luke 10:1–12, Jesus declares certain cities more damnable than Sodom and Gomorrah, due to their lack of response to Jesus' disciples: "And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet. The Harponeer 7:10 8. Whether the violent mob surrounding Lot's house were demanding to engage in sexual violence against Lot's guests. 4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both young and old, all the people from every quarter.5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him: 'Where are the men that came in to thee this night? There is a lack of contemporary accounts of seismic activity within the necessary time frame to corroborate this theory. —Ezekiel 16:49–50, Here the nonsexual view focuses on the inhospitality aspect, while the other notes the description detestable or abomination, the Hebrew word for which often denotes moral sins, including those of a sexual nature.[74][75]. bring them out unto us, that we may know them. [55][52], The provision of bread and water to the poor was also a capital offense (Yalḳ., Gen. 83). Jeremiah 23:14, Jeremiah 49:17–18, Jeremiah 50:39–40 and Lamentations 4:6 associate Sodom and Gomorrah with adultery and lies, prophesy the fate of Edom (south of the Dead Sea), predict the fate of Babylon and use Sodom as a comparison. In both stories, an inhospitable mob demands the homosexual rape of a foreigner or foreigners. [38][39], Professor Eugene H. Merrill believes that the identification of Tall el-Hammam with Sodom would require an unacceptable restructuring of the biblical chronology. Reading the story of Sodom as being about homosexuality is like reading the story of an ax murderer as being about an ax. Mose 19:24). Sodom and Gomorrah: Biblical Archaeology. Share. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen. Burton MacDonald, "EB IV Tombs at Khirbet Khanazir: Types, Construction, and Relation to Other EB IV Tombs in Syria-Palestine", R. Thomas Schaub, "Southeast Dead Sea Plain", in. The site of the present Dead Sea Works, a large operation for the extraction of Dead Sea minerals, is called "Sdom" (סדום) according to its traditional Arab name, Khirbet as-sudūm (خربت السدوم). Revelation 11:7–8 makes an allegorical use of Sodom when it describes the places where the two witnesses will descend during the Apocalypse. The Book of Genesis is the primary source that mentions the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Additionally, the sins which triggered the destruction are reminiscent of the Book of Judges' account of The Levite's Concubine.[23]. Moses referred to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah in Deuteronomy 29:22–23: So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the Lord hath laid upon it; And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath.—KJV. mount sodom dead sea moab mountains jordan panorama - sodom and gomorrah stock-fotos und bilder Circa 1500 BC, Lot is served wine by his daughters after fleeing Sodom and Gomorrah. 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