Here are three examples. In the Hebrew Bible, Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt after looking back at Sodom and Gomorrah, which had been set ablaze because they had become sanctuaries for sinners. The Bible makes no other mention of Lot's wife, but most scholars and theologians have interpreted her fate as punishment for sneaking a glance at the burning cities. Miriam Therese Winter, a Hartford Seminary professor, reads the story differently. She combed the Scriptures for references to salt and discovered that most of them were positive.
Salt is used to purify water.
It is rubbed on babies. And it is essential for human survival. Perhaps, she says, the Bible celebrates Lot's wife instead of denouncing her. Delilah Delilah was a Philistine woman who seduced Samson into revealing that his hair was the source of his strength. Traditionally, she is viewed as sly and treacherous.