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2 unusual facts about biblical Mount Sinai


Biblical Mount Sinai

Advocates for Jabal al-Lawz include Lennart Möller (a Swedish professor in environmental medicine) and also Ron Wyatt and Bob Cornuke.

The valley in which Petra resides is known as the Wadi Musa, meaning valley of Moses, and at the entrance to the Siq is the Ain Musa, meaning spring of Moses; the 13th century Arab chronicler Numari stated was Ain Musa was the location where Moses had brought water from the ground, by striking it with his rod.


40 Days for Life

The 40 days concept comes from a pattern repeated in the Bible, such as in Noah's Ark, Moses's 40 days on Mount Sinai, and Jesus's 40 days in the desert.

Hashem el-Tarif

The James Cameron-produced History Channel special, The Exodus Decoded, suggests that this location, now in an Egyptian military zone, is the best candidate for the Biblical Mount Sinai.

Jabal al-Lawz

Claims have been made by some writers such as Bob Cornuke, Ron Wyatt and Lennart Moller that this is the real biblical Mount Sinai.

Law given to Moses at Sinai

The terminology "The law given to Moses at Biblical Mount Sinai," is not included in the written Torah (the first five books of the Hebrew Bible), which was transmitted orally since time immemorial from one generation to the next, with no other sources.

Mount Helal

Mount Helal is a mountain located in northern Sinai that is thought by some, including Claude Scudamore Jarvis, to be the Biblical Mount Sinai.

Mount Sin Bishar

Mount Sin Bishar is a mountain located in west-central Sinai, it was proposed to be the biblical Mount Sinai by Menashe Har-El, a biblical geographer at Tel Aviv University, in his book The Sinai Journeys: The Route of the Exodus.

Rabbinic Judaism

Rabbinic Judaism is based on the belief that at Mount Sinai, Moses received directly from God the Torah (Pentateuch) as well as additional oral explanation of the revelation, the "oral law," that was transmitted by Moses to the people in oral form.


see also

Hashem el-Tarif

Simcha Jacobovici in an episode of the The Naked Archaeologist explored several mountains as possible candidates for the biblical Mount Sinai.

Horeb

Mount Horeb, possibly another name for the Biblical Mount Sinai

Jebel Musa

Mount Sinai, also known as Jebel Musa, a mountain in the Sinai Desert which may be the Biblical Mount Sinai