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So, too, about the same time, Dr. Conrad Furrer, pastor of the
great church of St. Peter at Zurich, gave to the world a book of
travels, reverent and thoughtful, and in this honestly acknowledged
that the needles of salt at the southern end of the Dead Sea "in
primitive times gave rise to the tradition that Lot's wife was
transformed into a statue of salt." Thus was the mythical character
of this story at last openly confessed by Leading churchmen on both
continents.
Plain statements like these from such sources left the high
theological position more difficult than ever, and now a new
compromise was attempted. As the Siberian mother tried to save her
best-beloved child from the pursuing wolves by throwing over to
them her less favoured children, so an effort was now made in a
leading commentary to save the legends of the valley of Siddim and
the miraculous destruction of the cities by throwing overboard the
legend of Lot's wife.[[260]]
An amusing result has followed this development of opinion.
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