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Biblical Plagues and Parting of Red Sea caused by Volcano
News.telegraph.co.uk ^ | 11/11/02 | John Petre
Posted on 11/11/2002 12:44:06 PM PST by Betty Jane
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/786902/posts
Moses' Egyptian Name
Biblical Archaeology ^ | 5-30-2003 | Ogden Goelet
Posted on 05/30/2003 11:32:54 AM PDT by blam
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Nefertiti's 'Love Affair' With Moses to Hit the Silver Screen
Yahoo News! ^ | Fri Apr 8
Posted on 04/08/2005 4:21:11 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Tomb May Shed Light On 10th Plague
Boston Globe ^ | 11-23-2004 | Charles M. Sennott
Posted on 11/23/2004 6:11:43 PM PST by blam
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Catastrophic event preceded Dark Ages - scientist
Source: Reuters
Posted on 09/08/2000 10:06:44 PDT by VadeRetro
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Egyptian Jurists Sue 'The Jews' for Compensation...
of Gold Allegedly Stolen During Exodus from Egypt
Memri.org ^ | 8/09/03 | Dr. Nabil Hilmi, Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Al-Zaqaziq
Posted on 08/21/2003 12:48:59 PM PDT by adam_az
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/968120/posts
Evidence for Major Impact Events in the late Third Millennium BC
Evidence of Astronomical Aspects of Mankind's Past and Recent Climate Homepage
FR Post 9-4-2 | Timo Niroma
Posted on 09/04/2002 4:48:54 PM PDT by vannrox
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/744698/posts
Is Yahweh punishing the enemies of Israel with natural disasters?
Posted on 02/01/2005 5:38:05 AM PST by BlackJack
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1333341/posts
Meteor Clue To End Of Middle East Civilisations
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 11-04-2001 | Robert Matthews
Posted on 01/03/2002 10:50:09 PM PST by blam
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PROBLEMS WITH MT. SINAI IN SAUDI ARABIA
Compiled by Brad Sparks
http://www.ldolphin.org/sinai.html
A diagnosis for a biblical plague?
Tomb could hold clue to Moses legend
By Charles M. Sennott
The Boston Globe
WEDNESDAY
May 18, 2005
Article Last Updated: 11/26/2004 11:47:21 PM
http://www.sltrib.com/faith/ci_2475207
I know this is 4 years after the initial post, but perhaps some will see this and find it useful.
1) The bible lists the years before and after the Exodus as 400 and something. Back to when Abraham came to Egypt, and before the building of the temple in Jerusalem. This would seem to put the events in the 1400's BC. This is well outside the Santorini events which have been dated to 1600's. Another possibility is Mt. Etna, which had a catastrophic event at 1500 plus or minus 50 years. I am not finding much information about that event unfortunately. I have seen an arial photo of a recent Etna eruption with a tail of ash headed to North Africa. Perhaps ash from the early Etna eruption crossed the Nile above the Egyptian settlements, contaminated the river and caused the following: 1) red caused by particles in water or by algal bloom (think phisteria) causing red tide. 2)Major fish kill caused by toxic organisms or ash. 3) Lots of frogs, because fish were not eating their eggs. 4) Overpopulation of frogs leads to starved, dead frogs, and lots of flies. 5) Cattle plauged by flies and/or toxic waters. 6) Humans sickened by all of this.
2) An ancient form of bread called Essene bread is made with sprouted grain with very minimal cooking and a moist interior. Contaminated water would sicken those who ate such a bread. The unleavened bread of the Jews, would be dry and better heated, killing organisms.
3) "Pillar of fire by night and of smoke by day" There are inactive volcanoes in the Sinai area. Have not found much information on when these were active. Interesting research topic for budding geologists. Suspect this is what Moses and co. saw. In other research I have found that there have been some extensive periods of volcanism with widespread activity including earthquakes and earth movement. See events of 1811 and 1812, and Caribbean basin in 1902. The parting of the sea could have been caused by elevation of the ground and subsequent sinking, especially if there was an active volcano in the area.
4) While Crete experienced significant destruction as a result of Santorini, the more severe decline occured more than 100 years later, perhaps coinciding with the Exodus time period. More research needed.
5) Since Pharaoh would have been royally p....., it would have made sense for Moses to stay in the desert until word reached him that Pharaoh was dead. My candidate for this is Amenhotep II. He was co-regent for a time with Tutmosis III, and then ruled himself for a number of years. After Tutmosis' death he made seven punitive raids into the Middle East to put down uprisings against Egyptian rule and subsequently had a fairly long reign. I think when I added it up some time ago it was a total of around 38 years.
If anyone has additional information, please post it. I will check back occasionally.
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Smoke on the Mountain: An Interpretation of the Ten Commandments
Source: The Westminster Press, Philadelphia
Published: 1953 Author: Joy Davidman
Posted on 09/26/1999 19:55:16 PDT by logos
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Mount Sinai Was A Volcano In Saudi Arabia, Says Scientist (Exodus)
The Telegraph (UK) | 6-13-2003 | Roger Highfield
Posted on 06/12/2003 9:15:39 PM EDT by blam
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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 3:25:45 AM EDT by SunkenCiv
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