claim: Malta may be the Melita mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles.
evidence: Lot 's wife is a person mentioned in the Book of Genesis who was turned into a pillar of salt -LRB- 19  : 26 -RRB- for failing to heed the orders of the angels of deliverance from the city of Sodom .. Book of Genesis. Book of Genesis. Sodom. Sodom and Gomorrah. `` Lot 's wife '' may further refer to  :