Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Brian Roberts <formoria AT carolina.rr.com>]

Marianne,

Alright, good point. Given this combination of frequency and rarity, is 
there a period  - when one Pharaoh ruled -  when all of the plagues 
occurred?

Brian


On Monday, August 2, 2004, at 12:32  PM, MarianneLuban AT aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 8/2/2004 8:36:38 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> segall AT umich.edu writes:
>
>
> > The
> > accuracy with which the phenomena are described can give some 
> > indication
> > of the accuracy of the rest of the story. In the case of the Exodus, 
> > the
> > phenomena described are sufficiently rare and localized that there is
> > virtually no possibility they would have been included in the story if 
> > the
> > Exodus did not occur.
>
> Not exactly.  Only the "soot" and the "days of darkness" were rare.  The
> "Green Nile" and the "Red Nile" always occurred at the time of 
> Inundation.  These
> are easily explained.  Pests and pestilences were never rare in Egypt 
> at all.
> Also, in the New Kingdom, nearly every "first born son" of pharaoh died
> before he could succeed to the throne, many as children.  This is 
> documented.
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