this is interesting do you believe it?

Question

during the time of Moses'
One possible explanation for plagues and the parting of the water is the Santorini volcano eruption and tsunami that occurred sometime possibly coincident with the exodus.

According to tsunami experts, the massive volcanic eruption on the Greek island of Santorini around 1600 BCE could have generated a giant tidal wave or tsunami that struck the Nile Delta, parting of the sea, triggered the ten plagues during the time of Moses' escape from Egypt. Tsunamis are often preceded by the water withdrawing from the shore. A mega-tsunami caused by Santorini's volcano would siphon billions of gallons of water - not just from the shore but from connecting rivers and lakes - creating dry land for as long as two hours. This would give Moses and the Israelites enough time to cross, although maybe not 3 million of them. Heavier chariots may well have been bogged down in the mud. Evidence is based on findings along the rock beddings of shorelines in Africa and Egypt.

Answer 1

You are the perfect person to check out the burning bush, Apparently there is a bush in the middle east which gives off a gas when it gets hot and spontaneously ignites. The bush does not burn but the gas does. Your explanation is as plausible if not more so than the one in the bible.

Answer 2

There are a couple of problems with this.

If the Bible chronology was essentially correct, then Santorini erupted several hundred years too early to account for the Plagues. If it did, and the story is a reconstruction from previous events, then the story is not literally true in any significant way, in which case a real-world explanation in immaterial.

Also, if a volcanic eruption was the cause of all the many disasters (which it could conceivably have been), then the tsunami would have happened FIRST, not last. If the timeline is that screwed up, then the story's connection to fact is tenuous, at best.

So, no. I don't think so.

Answer 3

Being an atheist myself I am puzzled by attempts to explain away Biblical events naturally. I am glad that the Israelites escaped but they wrote the established version.

The Egyptians, who record minor ups and downs of the local water levels did mention this nor did they record the loss of an army or, even more importantly, a Pharaoh under anything like these circumstances. Whatever happened the Biblical version is a whopper. Perhaps it is a sensationalist version as seen from the Jewish refugees point of view.

Whatever the doubt on the written record something like this must of happened for the Jewish tribe to have continued with their story.

We will never know for sure.

Answer 4

Get a girlfriend. And a copy of the origin of species by C. Darwin.
I'm only joking of course so please don't think I'm serious. All I wanted to say is that if it wasn't for clever people like you, stupid people like me would never know stuff like that, so as a personal note, thank you.
Do I believe it? I'm not qualified to give a decent answer, but if it did happen, then your theory is an amazingly good one.
Might have happened!

Answer 5

i saw a program on discovery about the way science could explain the plagues and it fascinated me. it explained each on in such a way that really made sense. i could certainly believe the tsunami theory. people back then would not have been as knowledgeable about our earth, so of course they are going to believe in miracles.

Answer 6

Very interesting indeed.
Perhaps God knew of all this things and the timing was perfect. God obviously knew in advance because it took Moses a long time to get his people out of Egypt. But again science can prove the existence of God.

Thank you and well done.

Answer 7

Saw the documentary , yes I believe it

Answer 8

Wow, I'm inspired. what an interesting theory

Answer 9

i saw something like that on the history channel, i think. it is interesting.
what will they think up next?!!(find, whatever)