Scientists have solved the secret of the most impressive miracle of the Bible – we now know how Moses could part the sea, informs dailymail.co.uk.
Momes parted to the Red Sea, it is a key moment in the history of Christianity and Judaism and one of the most impressive miracles of the Bible.
But scientists now think that Moses could part from the Red Sea about 3500 years ago, but there was nothing wonderful about it. The authors of the up-to-date research believe that the answer may not rely on divine intervention at all, but in combination of wild weather and cheerful geology.
In the biblical history, Moses orders the waters of the Red Sea to part enough to save Egypt. But up-to-date computer modeling by a team at the National Center for Atmospheric Research shows that sturdy winds about 60 miles per hour, blowing from the right direction, can open a 3 mile width channel in water.
And when these winds died down, the waters would flow like tsunami to absorb the pursuing Egyptians.
According to Carl Drews, an oceanographer at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, crossing the Red Sea of Moses is a supernatural event that includes a natural element. And the miracle of this story really consists in the date of passage.
Traditionally, the crossing of the Red Sea of Moses took place in the bay of Aqaba, one of the widest and deepest parts of the Red Sea. The width of this water tank at the widest point is 25 kilometers, and the average depth is about 900 meters, with a maximum depth of about 1850 meters. Due to the deep, uneven bottom of this region, it would be practically impossible, even with the aid of divine power.
However, recent archaeological research indicates another place: the bay of Sueza. This long, narrow water reservoir forms the north -west arm of the Red Sea, separating the main part of Egypt in the west from the Sinai Peninsula in the east. The Sesuza bay has only 20-30 meters on average, and the bottom is relatively flat, which makes the passage much more possible.
In addition, scientists note that crossing the Sesuz bay is not only possible, but has already taken place in history. Near the northern end of the Red Sea, sturdy tides regularly leave seaps of the sea DNA completely exposed. In 1789, Napoleon Bonaparte took advantage of it, leading a diminutive group of soldiers on a horse through part of the Sesuza bay during the tide. But during a tide, 3-meter waves suddenly returned and almost wash Napoleon people.
According to Dr. Bruce Parker, a former main scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Moses could probably employ this knowledge about tide to cross the Red Sea.
However, an explanation that focuses exclusively on the tides has no valid detail of the biblical account. The Bible says: “The Lord made the sea move with a strong eastern wind all night and made the sea dry and the waters were divided.” Some scholars now believe that reference to a sturdy wind is the key to a biblical miracle.
According to prof. Nathan Paldor, an oceanographer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, when the sturdy wind blows south of the bay head for about one day, the water is pushed to the sea, revealing the bottom previously covered with water. Calculations of prof. Paldora show that the wind blowing from 65 to 70 kilometers per hour from the northwest could pristine the path for Israelis.
Opponents of this theory also noticed that the Bible claims that the wind blew from the east, while Paldor's calculations point to the northwest. However, in his original research, Professor Paldor claims that the original Hebrew description is “Rauch Kadim”, which can mean north -east or southeast.
But not even all theories. Another popular theory is that the passage actually took place in the Nile Delta, in a place known as Lake Tannis.
The main argument of this theory is that in Hebrew, the Israelites are described as crossing “Ignam”, which, although traditionally translated as the “red” sea, should actually be translated as a sea of ”reeds”. Some scholars consider this to be a reference to reeds that grow densely in the salty waters of the Nile Delta.
Another popular theory suggests that the transition was possible thanks to water allowing to go back due to tsunami. When the earthquake causes tsunami, the corridor of the approaching wave pulls water away from the shore, causing that the tide seems to go back many hundreds of meters away than normal.
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