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Herbgotti
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 Posted: 02/19/04 - 22:56 Post subject: Red sea parting was possible
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Russian mathematicians have determined the legendary parting of the Red Sea that let the Jews flee Egypt was possible, the Moscow Times reported.
The study, published in the Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences, focused on a reef that runs from the documented spot where the Jews escaped Egypt, which in Biblical times, was much closer to the surface, according to Naum Volzinger, a senior researcher at St. Petersburg's Institute of Oceanology, and a colleague based in Hamburg, Alexei Androsov.
The mathematicians calculated the "strong east wind that blew all that night" mentioned in the Bible needed to blow at a speed of 67 miles per hour to make the reef, said Volzinger, who specializes in ocean phenomena, flooding and tidal waves.
"It would take the Jews -- there were 600,000 of them -- four hours to cross the 4.2-mile reef that runs from one coast to another. Then, in half an hour, the waters would come back," he said.
The Egyptian army that followed them drowned in the sea.
"I am convinced that God rules the Earth through the laws of physics," Volzinger told the Times.
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040121-080423-3978r.htm
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Silvermouse
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Posted: 02/19/04 - 23:20 Post subject:
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Great! Has it happened since?
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Tolanin
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Posted: 02/19/04 - 23:22 Post subject:
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well it prolly wouldnt have been documented if it happened again cause theres really not much info from that period about random weather phenomenon in unpopulated regions along the red sea.. and now the reef is to low!
So its possible just un likely, the pillar of fire coulda been a comet dont ya know! ;p
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Ilene
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Posted: 02/20/04 - 01:06 Post subject: Saw something where they tore apart the Exodus.
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Some show about a year ago on TLC or Discovery, they determined that the word "red" in red sea was a mistranslation, and that the word is in fact "reed".
That would mean that whatever exodus occured (if its close to as stated in the bible) crossed a reed sea on one side of the Nile or another.
Just conjecture mostly, interesting though.
I'd quote the source but I honestly can't remember what the name of the show was.
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Finigan
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Posted: 02/20/04 - 01:55 Post subject: Re: Saw something where they tore apart the Exodus.
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| Ilene wrote: | Some show about a year ago on TLC or Discovery, they determined that the word "red" in red sea was a mistranslation, and that the word is in fact "reed".
That would mean that whatever exodus occured (if its close to as stated in the bible) crossed a reed sea on one side of the Nile or another.
Just conjecture mostly, interesting though.
I'd quote the source but I honestly can't remember what the name of the show was. |
Whenever I hear your name that stupid song always plays in my head..
"COME ON ILENE!"
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Tolanin
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Posted: 02/20/04 - 02:28 Post subject:
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I think the people with the reed sea idea were smoking a bit to much. I can see it as an english translation error but the odds of red and reed being gramatically similar in another language are way way way low. Even if their word for reed and whatever they called the red sea back then were similar I think someone woulda figured it out, crossing the nile doesnt exactly help you when it comes to egyptians chasing you, they were kinda on both sides.
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Ilene
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Posted: 02/20/04 - 02:51 Post subject:
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If I remember right, the translation was from Aramaic to Hebrew, then again, of course, to English
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