Posted on 01/14/2023 6:09:05 AM PST by SunkenCiv
MISCONCEPTION: Upon leaving Egypt, the Jews crossed the Yam Suf, which is translated as the Red Sea. This translation, however, is an error. Red Sea is a corruption of the correct Old English (OE) translation, Reed (Rede) Sea. (Rede is a legitimate spelling of reed in OE.)
FACT: The notion that the Yam Suf is the modern-day Red Sea predates any English translation of the Bible by well over a thousand years. In fact, it seems that until the late eighteenth century no one questioned the translation and identification of Yam Suf with the Red Sea...
The Septuagint (second to third century BCE) translated Yam Suf into Greek as Erythra Thalassa or Red Seaβthat is, neither "end" nor "reed!" ... Josephus (Antiquities 2:15:3) identifies the Yam Suf as the Red Sea as well. This translation was carried over into the Latin when the fourth-century Latin Vulgate translated Yam Suf in Exodus 13:18 as Mare Rubrum, and in other places it translates Yam Suf as Mare Erythrae, both of which mean Red Sea...
In his commentary on the Bible, known as Tafsir, Rabbi Sa'adia Gaon (d. 942 CE), who lived in Egypt and Israel as well as in Baghdad, translated Yam Suf as Bahr al Qulzum, the Arabic name used for the Red Sea till this very day. Thus, it is clear that Jews at the time of the Geonim took it for granted that the Yam Suf in the Bible refers to the modern- day Red Sea...
Let's first look at the other places where Yam Suf is mentioned in the Bible and is translated as "Red Sea." In I Kings (9:26) it states that King Solomon based his navy on the Yam Suf near Eilat.
(Excerpt) Read more at jewishaction.com ...
I would suggest it was printed prior to the end of WWII. I have firearms that clearly state Made in West Germany and stamps that are from the GDR German Democratic Republic.
The fact they did not differentiate leads me to believe it was published prior to the end of the war and likely before the the beginning of it.
That's putting it mildly!
By way of allegory, Moses took everybody out of Egypt by cutting through the red tape -- all of the restrictions and regulatory bondage of Egypt. The light of the Torah was waiting on the other side.
Even at the last moment, the number of laws dropped from 15 to 10. π
Even the Egyptians have embodied the restorative light -- see their coat of arms for the place, where the Red Sea *is* literally, physically divided, so there's that. π
Yes, unfortunately ... It appears in some bastardized languages like Greek and Hebrew ... but the KING JAMES AUTHORIZED BIBLE is the standard.
Sauce for the goose but doesn’t negate the piller of fire that moses and the Israelites followed by night.
Sauce for the goose but doesn’t negate the piller of fire that moses and the Israelites followed by night.
Gregory of Tours in the 6th century thought that the tracks of Pharaoh's chariots could still be seen.
What will Moses pull off in the sequel?
What *can’t* he do? He just kept right on going!
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