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.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exodus#...

Answer 1

jjbean - that would have been pretty darn cruel of god to do that to the residents of santorini!!!!!

i guess miracle in the eye of the beholder. example: a school bus falls off a cliff killing 43 children. only 1 survives. people call it a miracle that one survived. if god had a hand in the miracle of that child surviving, then he also had a hand in murdering the other 43!

Answer 2

It's a theory, but that would have put the Hebrews in Israel 200 to 300 years before the first signs of their civilization appeared. Not sure how it relates to dates for David or Solomon or if those have been established.

The other thing to be aware of is that "The Exodus Decoded" tried working in Santorini in but failed rather miserably throughout the entire show. By the way, the worst part of the explanation was of the plagues, as about 98% of it was unwarranted conjecture stated as possibility and then referred to as fact. This was a common factor throughout the show.

Answer 3

first principle question; Was there a Moses, or a time corresponding to that story at all? I find it hard to believe that an Egyptian princess would raise a slave as her own (they would not have looked similar, everyone would have been able to tell), and the archaeological evidence says that the pyramid builders were the second highest citizens in the land, not slaves. (1) So, the story needs to be supported before we should look for any explanation for any claim made within it.

Answer 4

I've heard something similar before. There was a show on the discovery channel (or maybe history channel) about the exodus and it offered scientific explanations for all the plagues.

Answer 5

It really annoys me when people try to explain how things might have happened when there is no evidence that they ever happened at all. First prove the stories in the bible are factual, then we can talk about how it might have happened.

Answer 6

I believe the Sunday School Version,
God blew with his wind puff puff puff puff,
And blew just enough puff puff puff puff,
Then with his breath he made a path that's how they got across.

Answer 7

Interesting, who says God can't work little miracles like that? Perhaps he used a tsunami and volcano to do all that! :)

Answer 8

It's all tied together. A major world cataclysm took place.

Answer 9

Not really.
It's much more likely that it just never happened.

Answer 10

that's interesting. sounds about right too.