Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

But it is your supposition that Mt. Sinai erupted volcanically in the 
Hebrew Bible, yes?


On Tuesday, August 3, 2004, at 12:57  PM, Stephen Segall wrote:

> 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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