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  • From: "Vadim Cherny" <vadim_lv AT center-tv.net>
  • To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Re: g(r Psa. 106:9
  • Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 20:18:58 +0200

> On the contrary. If the bottom was mud, it would indeed have been hard
to walk across, but by your argument that "if" demonstrates that the
unlikelihood of your objection being important. Or to put it another
way, some parts of the sea bed are firm and other parts are soft, and
the Exodus story as narrated clearly refers to the crossing of a firm
part. In the probable candidate places for the Yam Suph a firm bottom is
in fact most likely, because soft mud is usually found only close to
river mouths (like the Chesapeake), and there are no rivers feeding into
the arms of the Red Sea - which is why they have such excellent coral reefs. <

The text is clear that Jews crossed the sea, while the chariots got stuck.
Before building of Aswan dam, there were plenty of swamps close to the Red
Sea. With little wind, water became shallow. So it was mud.

Vadim Cherny








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