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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: Dora Smith <villandra AT austin.rr.com>
  • Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Route of the Exodus (Red Sea Crossing)
  • Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 15:40:43 -0800

On 25/01/2004 03:24, Dora Smith wrote:

Dug 9 meters below sea level?!!

Boy, your memory of what those Israelites did to get across that sea is sure
SPECIFIC!

Conservative efforts to justify that story get better all the time. You
made my afternoon.


Just to clarify, I was referring to the efforts not of the Israelites but of the 19th century canal builders.

...

On 23/01/2004 16:30, Walter R. Mattfeld wrote:

... It proved a
hard nut to crack for the builders of the canal under deLesseps, who used

a

lot of dynamite on it to blast his way through to the Red Sea. ...


Maybe that is because of the route they took (which had to be nearly
straight), or because they needed to dig 9 metres below sea level.








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