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== Evangelicals search for Mt. Sinai -- in Saudi ==

== Evangelicals search for Mt. Sinai -- in Saudi ==

[[File:800px-Roman Empire - Arabia Petraea (125 AD).svg.png|thumb|150px|A map of Arabia Petraea]]

[[File:800px-Roman Empire - Arabia Petraea (125 AD).svg.png|thumb|150px|A map of Arabia Petraea]]

Saudi Arabia, one of the least tourist-friendly countries in the world, opened to tourists in 2019. Will they find Mt. Sinai? See "[https://www.nytimesn7cgmftshazwhfgzm37qxb44r64ytbb2dj3x62d2lljsciiyd.onion/2023/06/24/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-christian-tourists.html Saudi Arabia Wants Tourists. It Didn’t Expect Christians]" and "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjrxHqNy5CQ Finding the Mountain of Moses: The Real Mount Sinai in Saudi Arabia]." As far as where the mountain is, the Bible doesn't give you much to go by. The Sinai peninsula is named after Mt. Sinai, so historically people have looked for it there. Josephus says it that is the highest mountain in Arabia Petræa.

Saudi Arabia, one of the least tourist-friendly countries in the world, opened to tourists in 2019. Will they find Mt. Sinai? See "[https://www.nytimesn7cgmftshazwhfgzm37qxb44r64ytbb2dj3x62d2lljsciiyd.onion/2023/06/24/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-christian-tourists.html Saudi Arabia Wants Tourists. It Didn’t Expect Christians]" and "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjrxHqNy5CQ Finding the Mountain of Moses: The Real Mount Sinai in Saudi Arabia]."

''[https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/exodus/searching-for-biblical-mt-sinai/ Biblical Archaeology Review]'' has articles promoting Har Karkom in the Negev. [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 09:31, June 30, 2023 (EDT)

 

You not going to find archaeological evidence of the Golden Calf or the other events in events in Exodus, so I found this video to be a stretch. Most As far as where the mountain is, the Bible doesn't give you much to go by. The Sinai peninsula is named after Mt. Sinai, so historically people have looked for it there. Josephus says it that is the highest mountain in Arabia Petræa. Exodus uses the phrase "mountain of God," which suggests that their was already a history of worship at this mountain in the time of Moses. That suggests Har Karkom, a paleolithic cult center in the Negev, at least according to

''[https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/exodus/searching-for-biblical-mt-sinai/ Biblical Archaeology Review].''[[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 09:31, June 30, 2023 (EDT)