Rape in the Hebrew Bible decried in the Bible's stories. It is not tolerated in the Bible's laws." Sunil Francis concurs in her book "Violence Against Women: A Christian Ethical Analysis on Rape", writing "The Bible always sees rape as violence and sin." Genesis 19 features an attempted homosexual gang rape. Two angels arrive in Sodom, and Lot shows them hospitality. However, the men of the city gathered around Lot's house and demanded that he give them the two guests so that they could rape them. In response to this, Lot offers the mob his two virgin daughters instead. The mob refuses Lot's offer, but
The Destruction of Sodom And Gomorrah of his paintings. It is 136.3 x 212.3 cm. in size. It is in the collection of the Laing Art Gallery. Several other of Martin's paintings contain apocalyptic tendencies: the "Fall of Babylon" (1831), "The Fall of Nineveh", "Divine vengeance", "Pandemonium" (1841) and "The Eve of the Deluge" (1840). Many regarded Martin while he lived as a great British artist, surpassed only by his older contemporary colleague J. M. W. Turner, who he had a competition with for recognition. But John Martin's reputation declined after his death. The Destruction of Sodom And Gomorrah The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah is