Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Stephen Segall <segall AT umich.edu>]

You are certainly correct. The mountain currently called Mt. Sinai could
not possibly have been the mountain that Moses let the Israelites to.

On Mon, 2 Aug 2004, Peter Kirk wrote:

> On 02/08/2004 19:31, Stephen Segall wrote:
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> >The eruption of Mt. Sinai, the burning bush and the backup of the Jordan
> >River were rare and localized phenomena. ...
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> The eruption of a granite massif like the traditional Mt. Sinai would be
> not just rare, but unique in the whole of geological history and strong
> confirmation of "Yahweh's ability tp perform miracles". So perhaps the
> mountain you have in mind is not the one which currently often goes by
> that name?
>
>
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> Peter Kirk
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