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The Parting of the Sea

How Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Plagues Shaped the Story of Exodus [Hardback]

by Barbara J. Sivertsen

    • Author

      Barbara J. Sivertsen

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton

    • Published

      February 2009

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    The Parting of the Sea

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    For more than four decades, biblical experts have tried to place the story of Exodus into historical context - without success. What could explain the Nile turning to blood, insects swarming the land, and the sky falling to darkness? Integrating biblical accounts with substantive archaeological evidence, "The Parting of the Sea" looks at how natural phenomena shaped the stories of Exodus, the Sojourn in the Wilderness, and the Israelite conquest of Canaan. Barbara Sivertsen demonstrates that the Exodus was in fact two separate exoduses stemming from two volcanic eruptions. Over time, Israelite oral tradition combined these events into the Exodus narrative known today. Skillfully unifying textual and archaeological records with details of ancient geological events, Sivertsen shows how the first exodus followed a 1628 B.C.E Minoan eruption that produced all but one of the first nine plagues. The second exodus followed an eruption of a volcano off the Aegean island of Yali almost two centuries later, creating the tenth plague of darkness and a series of tsunamis that 'parted the sea' and drowned the pursuing Egyptian army.Sivertsen's brilliant account explains inconsistencies in the biblical story, fits chronologically with the conquest of Jericho, and confirms that the Israelites were in Canaan before the end of the sixteenth century B.C.E. In examining oral traditions and how these practices absorb and process geological details through storytelling, "The Parting of the Sea" reveals how powerful historical narratives are transformed into myth.

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    • Author

      Barbara J. Sivertsen

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton

    • Published

      February 2009

    • Weight

      542g

    • Page Count

      264

    • Dimensions

      15.2 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm

    • ISBN

      9780691137704

    • ISBN-10

      0691137706

    • Eden Code

      1887980

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    • Author/Creator: Barbara J. Sivertsen

    • ISBN: 9780691137704

    • Publisher: University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton

    • Release Date: February 2009

    • Weight: 542g

    • Dimensions: 15.2 x 22.9 x 2.5 cm

    • Eden Code: 1887980

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