Spirituality
21 Aug 06
21 Aug 06
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A documentary on TV right now named Exodus Decoded by Simcha Jacobovici claims that the "parting of the Red Sea" is correctly translated as the "parting of the reed sea". This means that a lake was parted, not the Red Sea. Anyone know anything about this?
EDIT - He says the "Reed Sea" was also known as Lake Elbana or something like that which has since been drained by the Suez Canal.
EDIT 2 - http://www.gnmagazine.org/issues/gn10/redsea_archaeology.htm
21 Aug 06
Originally posted by AThousandYoungI heard about that. In the doc that I saw it said that the reed sea used to be an area in the north of Egypt that was mostly marshland and that around the time, a massive volcanic eruption occured in Greece, the same one that is said to have destroyed Atlantis. Apparently, This eruption caused an earthquake and a tsunami that spread across the mediterranean. Shorelines in the north of Egypt pulled back, effectively draining ("parting"😉 the reed sea because of the incoming wave and this would have allowed the Isrealites to pass.
A documentary on TV right now named Exodus Decoded by Simcha Jacobovici claims that the "parting of the Red Sea" is correctly translated as the "parting of the reed sea". This means that a lake was parted, not the Red Sea. Anyone know anything about this?
EDIT - He says the "Reed Sea" was also known as Lake Elbana or something like that whic ...[text shortened]... uez Canal.
EDIT 2 - http://www.gnmagazine.org/issues/gn10/redsea_archaeology.htm
It also said that the reed sea was located in the area now occupied by the Suez.
21 Aug 06
Originally posted by D3vilBoyI love how you mention Atlantis like it's nothing.
I heard about that. In the doc that I saw it said that the reed sea used to be an area in the north of Egypt that was mostly marshland and that around the time, a massive volcanic eruption occured in Greece, the same one that is said to have destroyed Atlantis. Apparently, This eruption caused an earthquake and a tsunami that spread across the mediterranean ...[text shortened]... s to pass.
It also said that the reed sea was located in the area now occupied by the Suez.
23 Aug 06
Originally posted by XanthosNZI didn't mention it like it was nothing, I just said that the eruption was the same one that destroyed Atlantis. To be honest, I agree with this theory. It also mentioned that the smoke from the volcano is said to have been the pillar thing the Israelites folllowed. Too bad there wasn't gps in Moses's time. I wouldn't have liked the idea of going on a 40 year long scenic route...
I love how you mention Atlantis like it's nothing.