Posted on 04/03/2007 5:46:48 AM PDT by SJackson
What a miracle it must of been to see God drowned the whole Egyptian army in water no deeper than reeds
The Hebrews lived in the Delta region, and most of the archeology was done in the desert.
Like the swamps of Lousiana, swampy ground isn’t exactly the best place for archeology to be done, because first you have to dig up farmer’s land, and the farmers get mad. and second, stuff in swampy ground tends to rot away, including the mud bricks used to construct cities and temples back then.
Maybe the Sea of Reeds has some deep spots...
I gave up Lent for Lent.
“Plato mentions Atlantis one time and 1600 years later serious scientist are still searching for it, not doubting for a moment that it once existed. The parting of the Red Sea on the other hand was an event that must have had tens if not hundreds of thousands of witnesses and the event was documented by those who saw it for themselves. So why if it did not happen did the multitude of people not object to it being recorded in the Hebrew Holy book?
“I would say the same for Jesus. Over 500 people were said to have witnesses Jesus after his resurrection with many going to their death because of their testimony and people outside the Christian faith still doubt his existence or his divinity.
“As Christians and Jews we need to expect these attacks on our faith to continue and it will intensify as we approach the return of Jesus just as the Bible says it will.”
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Great observations.
The story is one part of the Bible that really is coded, but the translations can't show that.
AS reported by blam, one possibility for the crossing of the Red (reed?) sea could have been the result of a Tsunami. The withdrawal of the water followed by a surge is a definite possibility.
With the more recent report of vulcanism on the Arabian Peninsula, around 1500 BC, this makes even more sense as such a wave would not have to travel very far. Also, Santorini was around 1625 BC and the Exodus was more likely in the 1400 to 1500 BC range. See the biblical dates from the settlement of the Israelites in Egypt to the Exodus, and from the Exodus to the building of the temple. Maybe some biblical scholar can list the verse numbers here.
Another volcano related hypothesis is that of “volcanic inflation”. This is a phenomena wherein as a magma pool builds up underground, land above it is elevated. I saw a photo of a recent volcanic situation in Japan where there was an inflation of some 300 feet. Then when the volcano blows its top, the land subsides again. This effect would probably last longer than that produced by a tsunami, thus allowing the Israelites more time to escape. Moreover, the bible says they were led by a pillar of fire by night and a pillar of smoke by day which also could relate to distant volcanic activity, and Moses climbed up a volcanic sounding mountain to receive the Ten Commandments. It all makes sense me.
Sunken Civ: Perhaps you can link that more recent post that relates to this issue to this site.
I saw a picture from the recent Solomon Island quake and it showed the once underwater coral reefs, after the quake, high and dry. The shoreline (above water) had been extended for some distance.
“Moreover, the bible says they were led by a pillar of fire by night and a pillar of smoke by day which also could relate to distant volcanic activity, and Moses climbed up a volcanic sounding mountain to receive the Ten Commandments.”
There aren’t any volcanoes that fill the bill. Assuming the pillar describes some real event, and that it can be explained naturalistically, some kind of celestial encounter is still the most compelling idea to me.
I’ve heard of a book which attributes the Noachian flood story and the expulsion from the Garden of Eden to the breaking through of the Indian Ocean into the Gulf of Suez or Aqaba (I forget, and I’ve never known the name of the book), but as I’ve not done other than heard a vague report, I don’t know on what the claim was based.
Blam: Thanks, interesting link. SunkenCiv: I will do more research to see what old vulcanism there is in the area.
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