[blam]

GGG Ping.

[sine_nomine]

I understand Moses had some help from God, too.

[Leonine]

Interesting. The Exodus is dated by the Bible as 480 (solar) years before the laying of the cornerstone of the Temple, which foundation is dated by O.T. chronologists working from Kings and Chronicles to about 966 B.C. Hence, a date is found for the plagues of about 1406 B.C.

[tertiary01]

I believe it's GENE Shoemaker.

[ElkGroveDan]

David Levy, ....has argued that the description of the “angel of the Lord in the sky over Jerusalem with a drawn sword” could be a reference to a comet.

Or maybe it was the Angel of the Lord.

[patriciaruth]

I think the volcano eruption make more sense that most theories.

Velokowski? thought that Venus was a comet that was captured by the sun, and that its passage caused great disturbances. His explanations of the plagues using this theory was pretty far out.

I remember a National Geographic article in the 1950's that talked about grasshoppers in the Sinai desert that excrete a carbohydrate that is edible, and NG author conjectured that this was the manna of Exodus. I think that article also stated that a reversal of tides phenomenon is known in the Red Sea area that causes waters to retreat occasionally, making it possible to cross.

As Moses was in exile in that area, he probably was familiar with these phenomena.

The most interesting plague is the death of the first born.

Not sure volcanos can explain that, although the deaths of those who didn't keep the same hygiene rules the Hebrews did would explain why mostly Egyptians died in a time of flies and boils, but not why the first born would be affected only.

[Verginius Rufus]

Bright comets can appear at any time, and some have such long orbital periods that they may not approach the sun for thousands of years...so there is no way to know how many comets might have been visible in the centuries in question.

One of the plagues mentioned in Exodus is a plague of frogs. Napoleon conquered Egypt in 1798 and brought with him a bunch of French scholars who studied the antiquities of Egypt. You'd think they would have made a special search for the bones of the frogs, being French.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Blam, even more than usual. Pinging a few non-list people as well.

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[SunkenCiv]

in reference to Baillie's claims about the (non-)eruption of Thera...

New Ice-Core Evidence Challenges the 1620s age for the Santorini (Minoan) Eruption
Journal of Archaeological Science, Volume 25, Issue 3, March 1998, Pages 279-289 | 13 July 1997 | Gregory A. Zielinski, Mark S. Germani
Posted on 07/29/2004 12:25:45 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1180724/posts

[lunarbicep]

bttt

[Dustbunny]

Interesting theory but still just a theory.

[commish]

How very fortunate for Moses that a comet just happened to hit a volcano just as he was threatening egypt with all these calamities, and then the tidal wave just happened to open the red sea just exactly long enough for the isrealites to escape and then it came in at just the exact time needed to kill Pharoahs army.

One would almost suspect that maybe this wasn't just luck and that Moses had a little help from someone else.

[Renfield]

I read Exodus to Arthur. Outstanding book--highly recommended.

[SunkenCiv]

PLEASE NOTE -- this topic is from last year. Thanks.

[SunkenCiv]

[true_blue_texican]

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