[NGFP-BookClub] Lot & Co.

[FREDERICKA COHEN]

--- James Kugel <jlkugel@fas.harvard.edu> wrote:
>         Dear Students,
>         
>         Just a note to remind you that we are moving
> on to the next
> assignment today:
>         
>         Lot and Lot's Wife 	(Chapter 10  Pages
> 179-196)
>         
>         I guess the first surprise about Lot is that
> he had his
> supporters among ancient interpreters: "Lot the
> Righteous," some said.
> So what do you think, righteous or wicked? And what
> exactly did the
> Sodomites do wrong?
>         
>         James Kugel
>         
And so the interpretations go on!

There are those today...I am told... who say "Mrs.
Lot" turned back because she wanted one last look at
the married daughters she left behind!

Fredericka Cohen