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[Stephen Segall <segall AT umich.edu>]

A detailed elaboration is given in my book "Understanding the Exodus and
Other Mysteries of Jewish History" which you may be able to get in your
library or at www.etzhaimpress.com.

In short, there are no volcanic mountains in the Sinai Penninsula, but
there are volcanic mountains along the western coast of the Arabian
Penninsula. Mt. Sinai was one of these volcanic mountains.

On Tue, 3 Aug 2004, Brian Roberts wrote:

> Please elaborate.
>
>
> On Tuesday, August 3, 2004, at 11:33  AM, Stephen Segall wrote:
>
> > 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:
> >>
> >>> The eruption of Mt. Sinai, the burning bush and the backup of the
> >>> Jordan
> >>> River were rare and localized phenomena. ...
> >>>
> >>
> >> 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?
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Peter Kirk
> >> peter AT qaya.org (personal)
> >> peterkirk AT qaya.org (work)
> >> http://www.qaya.org/
> >>
> >>
> >>
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