Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu>]

George,

You are right. A realist should tend to think that the events of  
mount Sinai are typical of a volcanic area.

Isaac Fried, Boston University

On Mar 8, 2010, at 1:24 AM, George Athas wrote:

> The current Sinai Peninsula is usually seen as the general region  
> in which Mt Sinai is located. However, if this is the case, there  
> is a slight inconsistency in that Sinai is associated with the  
> region of Midian. The region of Midian is located in northern  
> Arabia, not in the Sinai Peninsula. So this leaves us with three  
> options regarding the location of Mt Sinai:
>
>
>  1.  It was located in northern Arabia where Midian was.
>  2.  Midian was much larger than we have thought to date and  
> included parts of the Sinai Peninsula on the other side of the Gulf  
> of Aqaba.
>  3.  The various texts which talk about Sinai/Horeb are  
> geographically inconsistent, with one text placing it in the Sinai  
> Peninsula and another in northern Arabia.
>
> Given these options, I think it's safe to say that we really do not  
> know precisely where Sinai was.
>
> GEORGE ATHAS
> Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
> www.moore.edu.au
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