What is the theory of how Moses parted the Red Sea?
460407
I believe he had God's help.
1164524
You guys are beginning to make answering questions all about getting 10 points, but i think it should go beyond that because its a time of learning.\nIf you were referring to Moses in the bible, i don't think you got the spelling of the HIERAN or HERAN well. I don't even think that word exist in the bible.
221509
The whole Moses/Egypt/slavery thing is BS.  Besides the bible, there is no record of Hebrews in Egypt being held in slavery.\n\nEven if the Pharaoh wished to cover-up his embarrassment over losing to Moses... don't you think that all the other Egyptians that lost their first born sons would put down some record?!?  I mean, that is a monumental event!  Can you imagine how much impact there would be if all the first born male animals and children died in America today?  This would have been an earth shattering event that would be recorded in tons of sources.\n\nLet's imagine that it actually did happen in Egypt though.  Don't you think that instead of covering up the incident (which would be next to impossible), that the Pharoah would instead put a spin on it?  He'd probably say this his god, Amon-Ra, killed all the first borns because the Egyptians weren't faithful enough to the Pharaoh.\n\nBesides the bible, there is no record of the Hebrew's slavery.  \n\nAs to the attacking the land of Canaan... why would a peaceful and loving god wish to have humans attack and kill one another?  Why wouldn't he have Moses just do more miracles and convert the Canannites?\n\n-----\nScheb, you totally ignored my point.  All the first born men and animals killed?  It's not a defeat, it's a disaster.  The plagues should have been recorded somewhere!  Nile river levels, livestock purchases, reduction in the sale of frog legs, something!  By the way, what's with the idea of a benevolent and loving god killing children and animals (like puppies, kittens, and ponies) because a government leader pisses him off?  The people didn't vote him in, they didn't have a choice in who their leader was!  That's divine justice, oh yeah! <-- note sarcasm.
444830
I am not going to read such an absurd theory. But come on, has he done any research to see if such a huge body of water in that area of the world can freeze over?? Has he even read the story?? Most bible historians believe that it was the Sea of Galilee where this happened which is a HUGE body of water! The story also states that a huge storm occured during this , so wouldnt the hugh waves during the storm,pretty much break up all the frozen water?? Just another antheist trying to gain some ground for Satan!
681285
I believe that by the 'Book of Moses' you mean the Torah? This would actually be what makes up the first 5 books of the Bible. The Bible is not strictly the New Testament, or Greek scriptures. The Bible is by definition the Hebrew (Old Testament) and Greek scriptures combined. As for which is truly the Word of God; this is a question far to important to leave to unverified postings of total strangers on the Internet. It needs to be investigated with thoughtful unprejudiced research.\nSome things to consider would be:\n\n1. How old is it? - If God were to decide to give us a book to know him by would he not have started early on?\n\n1.a  Dispite its age, can its accuracy to the original writings be verified?\n\n2. Is it historically accurate?  If God's word is truth, would that not include historical details of the times within which it were written?\n\n2.a  Is it scientifically accurate when tuching on scientific things?\n\n3. Was/Were it's writer/s honest in their representation of themselves and those they cared about? Did they admit their own shortcomings however bad? If they could be candid about their own failings this would indicate it was not themselves that was most important to them.\n\n4. Does its principals transcend time and culture? Any book by the creator of all mankind would be applicable to all mankind.\n\n5. How easily available is it? Again, would not the creator of all mankind want his book to be easily accessible and understandable to the widest variety of people?\n\n6. Does it give SATISFYING answers for the deeper questions such as: Why does god permit wickedness? What happens at death? What is the purpose of life? What hope is there for the future?\n\n7. In discussing the future, would we not expect a pattern of accurate fulfillment of earlier prophecies to help instill trust in the ones yet to be fulfilled? Therefore, is it a book of reliable prophecy?\n\n8. Does it give a clear and definite picture of who God is, what kind of person is he, and what does he expect from us?\n\nThese questions, and more, cannot be answered satisfactually on a forum like this. \n\nThere is a book called 'Is the Bible Really the Word of God' published by the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of New York that will help you decide for yourself if the Bible actually meets all these criteria. Their Web site is  http://www.watchtower.org/  or you can look in the phonebook for the nearest Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
666369
Yes it does appear that Christians and Jews borrowed some of the Egyptians ideas, there are similarities between the 10 commandments and the Egyptian book of the dead, the story of Jesus and the story of Horus, and there is even a theory that has a strong point of argument that Moses was actually the Egyptian prince Tuthmosis or the Pharaoh Amenhotep IV.  Tuthmosis was supposedly a prince during the rule of the pharaoh Akhenanten.  This was Amenhotep IV who changed his name to Akhenanten and who tried to change the Egyptian culture by declaring that from then on there was only one true god, Aten, and that Amen-Ra and the other gods should no longer be worshiped.  Apparently this idea was not embraced by the majority of Egypt.
995704
You seem to be skeptical.... and yes there is a lot of interesting findings regarding the red sea... also known as the sea of reeds. I suggest you take a course in archaeology and learn what has been discovered there. Or read up on the latest info through www.biblicalarchaeology.org.
721455
First it started with their leader, Moses, who received the Ten Commandments. He felt that the people could not handle them --they just came out of Egypt and had been there for 430 years, being quite used to Egyptian ways [worshipping Baal, incest, etc.]. \n\nSo Moses asked if, rather than the people transgressing The Law during their cleansing period of 40 years in the desert [about two generations worth], if he could come up with 100 laws for his people --they became the Mosaic Laws that the Jewish people had to abide by. Moses was the Judge to make the final decisions. "Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth...", food selections, etc. that type of thing.\n\nMoses was not allowed to enter the Promised Land for his own transgression so Jacob took over and led the people across the River and into Jordan. Jacob became the Judge... then on and on and on, the other Judges followed the same Mosaic laws until the time of the Pharisees and the Sadducees who,  by the time of Jesus, had expanded Mosaic laws from 100 to 1,000 different man-made laws.\n\nOther than that, the Book of Judges talks about what followed next when the Jews entered the Promised Land. Then the prophet Samuel consecrated the first Jewish king, King Saul. Next, came David... and that would be under the Books of Kings. [Samuel I &  II; Kings I & II; etc.]\n\nHappy reading!
313126
It is a matter of faith really, I like to believe he actually walked on water but I don't think we will ever know for sure. Still, I think any rsearch on the topic is a complete waste of money and time. After all, it is impossible to try and correct the Bible given faith is not something you can scientifically prove.
288333
Nobody knows where exactly Moses is buried. Till this day, scholars are trying to figure out where he was buried in order to make his grave a holy site like they do to other biblical figures. It is said that Moses was buried by God. Moses was actually the last prophet to be able to speak with God when he needed to converse with Him. After Moses, all other prophets were only able to talk to God when he addressed them. He died right before entering Canaan because he hit the stick against the rock in order to get water even though God only asked him to talk to the rock. His punishment was death, and Joshua led the Israelities into Canaan. Even though Moses had sinned, he was very precious to the Lord and henceforth he decided to bury him himself because the job wasn't fit for any human hands.
677103
Never quite heard it told that way, but what you may be interested in is the omitted biblical book of enoch.  This banned book from both the bible and the torah explains the reason for the flood and is so out there you can almost understand why it was banned.
272803
An exact figure I have yet to find; perhaps this insight can help.\n\nThe Lord, the God of Israel, made a Covenant with the fathers of old in the day that God brought them forth out of the land of Egypt (Jer.34:13 below).  Thy time was the time of love (Eze.16:8 below).\n\nALL the fathers of old were under the cloud, and ALL passed through the sea and ALL were baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea and ALL ate the same spiritual meat and ALL drank the same spiritual drink (1 Cor.10:1-4 below).\n\nI believe that it was these spiritual acts and the passing through the sea at the Exodus that married Israel to their Maker (Isa.54:5, Jer.3:14, Eze.16:8 below).\n\n\nJer.34:13Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel:  I made a covenant (Eze.16:8 below) with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying,  \n\nEze.16:8Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee (Jer.34:13 above, Jer.31:32 below), saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine (Isa.54:5 below).\n\n1 Cor.10:1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that ALL our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea (Ex.14:22 below);\n\n1 Cor.10:2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;\n\n1 Cor.10:3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat;\n\n1 Cor.10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them (Ex.14:19 below): and that Rock was Christ.\n\nIsa.54:5For thy Maker is thine husband (Jer.3:14 below); the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.\n\nJer.3:14Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you (Isa.54:5 above): and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:\n\n\nDivorcement -\n\nIsa.50:1 Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? (Jer.3:8 below) or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away. \n\nJer.3:8And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce (Isa.50:1 above); yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. \n\nJer.3:9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks. \n\nJer.3:10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD. \n\nJer.3:11And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel (Jer.3:12 below) hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah. \n\nJer.3:12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever (Isa.43:25 above).\n \nJer.3:13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God (Isa.54:5 above), and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice (Heb.12:25 below), saith the LORD.\n\nJer.31:32Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake (Eze.16:8 above), although I WAS an husband unto them (Isa.54:5, Jer.3:14 above), saith the Lord:\n\nHeb.12:25See that ye refuse not him that speaketh.  For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth (Jesus), much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from Him (God the Father - Col.1:3) THAT SPE
641572
Aaron, the High Priest and brother of Moses was buried on Mount Hor.  Numbers 33:38-39\n\nAnd then of course Moses went up to Mount Nebo where he died, but whether he was buried there or not, nobody knows. Deuteronomy 34:1-7
587129
It doesn't have to be true. There are no evidences on Moses name being deleted. Egyptologists could not even tell us which Pharaoh Moses dealt with. \nThe only credible source on the life of Jews in Egypt comes from the bible. Aside from that is only movie dramatization.
1071808
That's an awesome perspective, or interpretation.\n\nAccording to the script, "An Omer" was the amount God Himself told the folks to take for themselves, and that NONE was to be left in the morning...  So I guess that would be the amount needed for Moses to at LEAST strike a rock to make water shoot out for the People.\n(referenced at bottom, 1.)\n\nSeriously, though:\n\n"Manna" roughly translates to "WHAT (IS) IT?" in Ancient Hebrew, the supposed original language of the Bible.  \n(referenced at bottom, 2.)\n\nThe people had no idea what it was, just that it suddenly appeared, seemingly "from above".  They believed this to be a "GIFT" and ate of it.\n\nThe next thing you know, they're getting commandments directly from God Himself (all of which, in their original form, are profoundly simple and a good foundation for human coexistence)...  Sounds very similar to a Tryptophan-induced "revelation".  I've had similar revelations about The World, The Meaning of Life...  \n\nExodus 16:14 reads, something about a small round thing lying upon the ground after the dew was dried up.  There are types of mushrooms (tryptophans) that do indeed show up after dampness, and in the morning... \n(referenced at bottom, 3.)\n\nVery interesting possibility!\n\nGreat question.
584468
The saddest event in Moses' life might well be God's prohibiting him from entering the land of Israel. The reason for this ban is explicitly connected to an episode in Numbers in which the Hebrews angrily demand that Moses supply them with water. God commands Moses to assemble the community, "and before their very eyes order the [nearby] rock to yield its water." Fed up with the Hebrews' constant whining and complaining, he says to them instead: "Listen, you rebels, shall we get water for you out of this rock?" He then strikes the rock twice with his rod, and water gushes out (Numbers 20:2-13). It is this episode of disobedience, striking the rock instead of speaking to it, that is generally offered as the explanation for why God punishes Moses and forbids him to enter Israel.
49445
The best theory that I've heard is that there was originally another moon around Mars, or a sister planet to it. This moon (or planet) collided with Earth and shattered, thus creating the asteroid belt. This theory has been attached to the theory of a single original continent, with the collision breaking apart the single land mass into multiple continents. It also is used to explain the tilt on the Earth's axis, and some Bible scholars believe it triggered the flood (of Noah).