Sodom and Gomorrah
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- {{de|Sodom und Gomorra sind laut der Bibel zwei von Gott zerstörte Städte (ex: Genesis 19).
- English: Sodom and Gomorrha were according to the Bible two city–states in the Jordan Valley of the Ancient Levant, in the Near East.
- Abrahamic mythology contains a story of their destruction — with various subsequent interpretations and artistic renditions.
- The ancient cities are mentioned throughout the Hebrew Bible-Old Testament (esp: Book of Genesis), in the New Testament, and in the Qur'an.
- Français : Sodome et Gomorre sont selon la Bible deux villes bibliques (ex: Genèse, ch. 19).
- Italiano: Sodoma e Gomorra sono secondo la Bibbia due città (ex: la Bibbia).
العربية: سدوم وعمورة
עברית: מהפכת סדום ועמורה
European artistic renditions
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Pieter Schoubroeck, The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (ca. 1600).
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Lot leaving Sodom, Nuremberg Chronicle (1493).
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whole page in Latin, uncolored
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Lucas van Leyden (ca. 1490-1533): Lot and his daughters (ca. 1509).
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Heinrich Aldegrever (1502-1561), Lot prevents sodomites from raping the angels (1555).
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Sebastian Munster, Sodom, from Cosmographia (1564).
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Cornelis Cort (1522-1578), Lot and his daughters. Behind them, Sodom is burning.
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De Laune - Etienne de Laune (1518-1583), Educitur Loth e Sodomis - Lot fleeing Sodom.
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Mattheus Merian (1593-1650), Lot fleeing Sodom.
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Peter Paul Rubens, Lot fleeing Sodom (ca. 1615).
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Hendrik Goltzius, Lot and his daughters (1616).
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Peter Paul Rubens, Lot fleeing Sodom (1625).
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Daniel van Heil, Lot and his daughters flee burning Sodom with the angel (ca. 1650).
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Mathieu Dubus, The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (ca. 1655).
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Sodome. From a French Bible.
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François Elluin, Sodomites causing God's wrath, from Le pot pourri de Loth (1781).