2007-03-20 11:20:03 · 30 answers · asked by inselaffe67 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
I think it was actually the Reed Sea, and it was an occurence more associated with tides.
2007-03-20 11:23:48 · answer #1 · answered by webned 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I recently watched something on discovery channel about that and they stated that in the location that the red sea is to be there is a rift that is visible only during certain times of the season and lasts for only a day or so.
It took just long enough to get most of Moses's followers accross when the army came after and by the time they got to the middle the waters started to rise again drowning most.
if you were an illerate in the brood following Moses what would you think?
2007-03-20 22:39:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In reviewing your answers so far, you've had the usual variations from apologists: "Not Moses himself, but God can do anything" (the supernatural explanation) and "It was a mistranslation, it was actually the Sea of Reeds" (the naturalistic explanation)
The simplest, more factual answer is that Moses never existed, and the event never happened. Applying Occam's Razor, it requires neither a natural or supernatural explanation. It is simply a mythic tale.
Thanks for asking this in Mythology and Folklore, which is where all questions on the Bible really belong.
2007-03-21 14:18:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As I understand it it was the reed sea but at the time there had been a volcanic eruption in the northern med which caused tidal wave and as you can see when the wave are large on the beach the water retreats down the beach then floods back in and there is a theory that is is what happened. Prior to the wave hitting the southern shore of the med the water drained from this shallow sea of reeds then a giant wave flooded it again.
Maybe true maybe not but it does not matter much now either way
2007-03-20 18:35:59 · answer #4 · answered by Maid Angela 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A natural weather phenomenon that is known to have happened at least a couple of times in the last few thousand years is the parting of the red sea. The timing of this phenomena with the arrival of the Israelites was the work of God.
2007-03-21 07:24:12 · answer #5 · answered by Holistic Mystic 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. It has happened several times in history, when a unique combination of factors (moon, tides, wind, etc) has produced a crossing shallow enough for people to pass from one side to the other. How did Moses know that this particular combination of events was due to happen? That could either have been knowledge gleaned from his tutors or divine inspiration. Take your pick, but it certainly could have happened. Although not the way Cecil B. DeMille depicted it.
2007-03-20 18:29:40 · answer #6 · answered by old lady 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever seen a chart of the Red Sea? It's the northern extension of the Great Rift Valley, and about a mile deep.
2007-03-20 18:23:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is geological evidence of a tsunami in the red sea that exposed the sea bed and then the water returning in a tidal wave about the time of the flight from Egypt
2007-03-21 19:12:43 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What happened (well what i think happened) That part of river regularly gets a lower level, so when they escaped they planned it around the moon which told them that the sea/river would not be a deep as normal. Thats what i think anyway
2007-03-20 18:24:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When I was at the Red Sea I thought about this. Sorry but there is no way, its huge.
2007-03-20 18:24:11 · answer #10 · answered by IzzyB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but I think he parted the sea of reeds.
red sea is a bad translation of the Hebrew term Yam Suf
2007-03-20 18:24:17 · answer #11 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋