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Several factors point to a mountain called Ras es Safsafeh as the most reasonable and plausible candidate for Mount Sinai
Most Christians seem to think that the location and identity of this mountain is certain — that there is a Mount Sinai in the Sinai Peninsula, and that’s that!
In fact, it’s not absolutely certain. But 7,497-foot Jebel Musa (“Mount Moses”) is the leading candidate.
Archaeologist and evangelical Protestant James Hoffmeier, in his book, Ancient Israel in Sinai: The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Wilderness Tradition, devotes a long chapter to the question. He holds that “no one today can be certain of its location” and that it “has never been identified with certainty.” Theories have even been bandied about that it’s in Saudi Arabia, rather than the Sinai Peninsula, south of Israel, where Jebel Musa sits.
In any event, anyone can make arguments for the plausibility of a particular mountain being Mount Sinai, and I will now do so myself.
Continued below.
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Most Christians seem to think that the location and identity of this mountain is certain — that there is a Mount Sinai in the Sinai Peninsula, and that’s that!
In fact, it’s not absolutely certain. But 7,497-foot Jebel Musa (“Mount Moses”) is the leading candidate.
Archaeologist and evangelical Protestant James Hoffmeier, in his book, Ancient Israel in Sinai: The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Wilderness Tradition, devotes a long chapter to the question. He holds that “no one today can be certain of its location” and that it “has never been identified with certainty.” Theories have even been bandied about that it’s in Saudi Arabia, rather than the Sinai Peninsula, south of Israel, where Jebel Musa sits.
In any event, anyone can make arguments for the plausibility of a particular mountain being Mount Sinai, and I will now do so myself.
Continued below.
Fascinating Biblical Considerations About Mount Sinai
Several factors point to a mountain called Ras es Safsafeh as the most reasonable and plausible candidate for Mount Sinai
