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Miracles of Exodus: Scientists Discovery: A Scientist's Discovery Of The Extraordinary Natural Causes Of The Biblical Stories Hardcover – July 15, 2003

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Did the Red Sea really part before the Israelites? Why didn't the fire consume the Burning Bush? What was the Manna in the Wilderness? The Miracles of Exodus explores the truth about these and all the other Exodus mysteries, including the precise locations of the Red Sea Crossing and the route of the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt 3,000 years ago. This investigative tour de force explains the Ten Plagues, the true location of Mount Sinai, the ultimate crossing of the Jordan and much more. Colin Humphreys, a distinguished British scientist, uses physics, astronomy, biology and other scientific resources to show that the mysteries and miracles of the Exodus have scientific explanations. These explanations allow us to pinpoint the exact nature, time and place of these miracles, and to reconstruct, for the first time, the true route of the Exodus. This book reveals what really happened and how the biblical account is remarkably accurate and historical when scientifically investigated. Profusely illustrated with maps, photographs and explanatory tables, this book by one of the world's great scientists unlocks the mysteries of the ultimate Bible story in a fascinating and convincing way.
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Athlone Press (July 15, 2003)
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Mevashir
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Adventure Combining Science, History and Theology
Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2014
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This book was enthralling. Dr. Humphreys takes you on a grand adventure as though we are marching out of Egypt with the Israelites under Moses' leadership. We are blessed that a multi talented genius like Cambridge Professor Colin Humphreys is so dedicated to utilizing his considerable intellectual gifts to explain and enhance the biblical story. The author is a rare academic indeed who is not a snob but rather devotes himself lovingly and painstakingly to clarifying precious biblical mysteries for the average reader.

You will not be able to put this book down. It would make a wonderful Passover gift for Jews and Christians. It also will give Jewish people a greater appreciation for the insights Christians can bring to bear on their Torah stories. In all the years I lived in Israel as an ultra-Orthodox Jew, I never once met a rabbi or Jewish layman who had the slightest clue about the location of Mt. Sinai or even a curiosity to find out more.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating.
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2013
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Like many modern readers, my impression of the Exodus comes from poor special effects in the 1950s film 'the 10 commandments' - what this book offers are scientifically plausible explanations for many of the miracles in the Exodus story - Collins theory being that they are not miracles of action but rather miracles of timing; Collins sets out to prove that all the phenomenon told in the story of the Exodus have happened or could have happened. For example, porous stones in the desert do absorb water and when their crust is broken water spills out from them.
Central to the book however is the idea that Mt. Sinai was an active volcano - and that the pillars of fire and smoke that guided the Israelites was the plume from an eruption.
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Robert C. Newman
4.0 out of 5 stars Some Exciting Results
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2014
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This book by Colin Humphreys contains a good deal of original thought and research into the details of the Exodus. He makes (it seems to me) an excellent case for a different location for Mt Sinai than the traditional one in what was subsequently named the Sinai Peninsula. Humphreys suggests that the real Sinai is in Saudi Arabia, as this fits the incident of Moses visiting the site when he was herding his father-in-law's sheep in the desert near Midian (east of the Gulf of Aqaba); it provides a volcano for the mountain, which better matches the descriptions in the Bible (earthquakes, thunder, fire, smoke, trumpet sounds). The particular location is one of the few volcanoes located at the right distance from Kadesh Barnea. The author gives considerably more evidence than this.
My only complaint about Humphreys' solution is his treatment of the pillar of cloud and fire. He makes this to be the pillar of smoke, etc., arising from the volcano (which would therefore be more or less stationary), when the Biblical accounts seem to indicate that it moved, and especially (Ex 14:19-20) moved from in front of the Israelites to behind them, and the stood between the fleeing Israelites and the Egyptian army, which would be a good trick when the volcano at that point would be a hundred miles away! I think the author is somewhat too anxious to make all the miracles providential rather than supernatural interventions.
I should add, in support of Humphreys' suggested location for Sinai, that the apostle Paul agrees with him in putting Sinai in Arabia (Gal 4:25).
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Elaine
5.0 out of 5 stars Scientific Analysis of the Bibfical Exodus
Reviewed in the United States on September 9, 2017
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A British scientist takes a serious look at the historical and scientific basis of events in the Biblical Book of Exodus. Coupled with his in-depth analysis of the Biblical writing and visits to the geographical areas discussed, both in his own explorations and those of explorers and archaeologists in recent times, he convincingly verifies the historical record in this book of the Bible. In particular, he elucidates the route taken by the Israelites in the exodus from Egypt and demonstrates that the true Mount Sinai (aka Mount Horeb and the Mountain of God) is a volcano located in what was Midian in the northwestern part of the Arabian Peninsula. This is an excellent work by an erudite author.
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Xyloplax
3.0 out of 5 stars Not a scholarly book, ignores parts that don't fit his narrative, and spends a lot of time squniting, but an enjoyable read.
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This book tries very hard to make its case. Unfortunately, it cannot be taken very seriously without proper footnotes or endnote citations. It also assumes the Bible is coherent and reliable and this is where he gets into trouble. Modern scholars do NOT think the Bible is literally accurate, that it tells a cohesive tale, that it accurately preserves history, and they know that archaeology does not support either the Exodus narrative or the Joshuan conquest.

A major problem is that this book gets into the "careful what you look for, for you will surely find it" problem. For example, using modern descriptions of the area in question, the author hopes to show that the ancients would have used the same descriptions such as the "wall" of mountains, which is a real stretch, to say the least.

But all that aside, there's one real gaping hole in the argument. This passage is completely ignored and skipped:

Exodus 14:19-20 (NRSV) The angel of God who was going before the Israelite army moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from in front of them and took its place behind them. 20 It came between the army of Egypt and the army of Israel. And so the cloud was there with the darkness, and it lit up the night; one did not come near the other all night.

While Humphreys makes a good case for a volcano, he ignores the above verses, which is very much not what a volcano would do at all. And so if literally every line can be shown to be tied with something natural or real, then how does this weave into the narrative? Or does he simply cherry pick what fits and conveniently ignores the rest? This could have all been avoided if Humphreys was looser in his insistence that the Bible words were so well preserved, that each line was a treasure trove of factual data. That's not what modern scholars believe, despite his insistence that they do. Oral tradition and scribal transmission do not work that way.

The estimate of the numbers of those involved in the Exodus is argued somewhat soundly, except it assumes that the numbers were handed down accurately by oral tradition (which is highly unlikely), or were written down by someone and not changed by scribes (also unlikely, and we see significant changes of numbers in various Hebrew Bible manuscripts for various parts of the Bible, such as the height of Samson, for example). Even 20,000 people would leave an archaeological footprint as itinerants (we have archaeological remains of Bedouin, for example, and they travel in much smaller packs), so that's questionable too.

Anyway, this book did make a good case that Mt Sinai was a volcano in the northwestern Arabian peninsula, and he comes up with a plausible journey to it, though it rapidly breaks down after the splitting of the Red Sea and sounds increasingly like wishful thinking. The plagues, as he points out, have been linked to scientific causes by others previously, so the sequence was expected. A good job of making the case for proposing which specific species were responsible for the plagues, which was one of the better parts of the book. The first born son killing...eh....vaguely plausible. The lack of allowing for a real metaphor is the part that cripples this and some of the other analyses of the book.

So a good read? Yes. A scholarly work? Not in any regard. More like the stuff one reads from the 19th Century and makes one roll their eyes with bad "proof". Scientific? In parts, yes...to a limit.

I have read many books on the subject and have a B.S. in Biochemistry, so I can tell good scientific argumentation from bad. Most of his audience does not. Beware.
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Julio Macías Delgado
4.0 out of 5 stars Es como me lo esperaba
Reviewed in Spain on June 18, 2015
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Está en perfectas condiciones y es lo que me esperaba. Animo a leerlo. Es interesante y cuesta mucho engancharse a la lectura.
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Elsie Greenwood
5.0 out of 5 stars Exodus Trek
Reviewed in Canada on December 2, 2013
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This book has a lot of insight and logical explanations as to how the plagues took place in Ancient Egypt. I will use it as a reference book.
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Dr. Paul Murdoch
5.0 out of 5 stars a must read!
Reviewed in Germany on February 9, 2013
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Humphreys does it again! With mathematical precision he analyses the text of the Book of Exodus and consulting only scientific data available he arrives at the conclusion that the Exodus is a reliable historical account. He presents scientific explanations for the miracles of the Exodus - the 10 plagues, the parting of the re(e)d sea, the manna and quail feedings etc. Beyond that, he gives ample evidence for all relevant geological locations mentioned in the book of Exodus including Mt. Sinai/Horeb which he identifies as a volcanic cone on top one of the largest table mountains in the world, situated in Midian, today Saudi Arabia.

Here a short excerpt from his summary at the end of the book:

“At the start of this book I asked a number of important questions… First, is the Old Testament account of the Exodus from Egypt a coherent and consistent account…? My answer to this is a resounding yes.
Second, is the Exodus account in the Bible factually accurate? … I’ve subjected the biblical text to a real grilling in this book, and I can only stand back in amazement at its accuracy and consistency, down to points of tiny detail.
Third, can we understand the miracles? The answer again is yes. I’ve used modern science to explain every miracle in the Exodus story. …
Fourth, has the Exodus text been misinterpreted? The insights provided by modern science suggest that the Exodus text has often been misinterpreted by scholars. The real meaning of the text, suggested in this book, is frequently more dramatic than the traditional interpretation. …
Fifth, can we reconstruct the Exodus route and find the true Mount Sinai after three thousand years? … yes. I suggest that the real Mount Sinai is the volcanic Mount Bedr, standing on top of one of the largest table mountains in the world.
Finally, I asked in the first chapter, is there any evidence of a “guiding hand” in the events of the Exodus? … Any one of these events occurring at the right time could be ascribed to lucky chance. When a whole sequence of events happens at just the right moment, then it is either incredibly lucky chance or else there is a God who works in, with, and through natural events to guide the affairs and the destinies of individuals and of nations.”
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Anne B
5.0 out of 5 stars Exodus revisited
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 10, 2011
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I have purchased 3 copies of this book, two for friends who borrowed my copy and were so enthused that they asked me to order on their behalf. The important feature of this book is the willingness of the author to view the subject matter, particularly the geographical data, from a different perspective. In this case the perspective was an aerial one and the realisation that it would be highly unlikely that the Israelites could wander along any route other than a trade route because of the inhospitable terrain. Some readers may find the author's style somewhat irritating - it is written almost like a detective story. At the end of each chapter a useful summary is provided of matters addressed , conclusions reached and further questions to be explored. Although it took me sometime to get into the narrative, once hooked I found the subject matter truly engrossing. The author's final conclusion that Sinai has to be located in a volcanic region as well as his very satisfying explanation of the crossing of the Red Sea and his rejection of the 'reed sea ' hypothesis, both seem to me to add to one's appreciation of the Exodus story. However, this is not a book for the faint hearted. It needs to be read with several different translations of the bible texts to hand as well as detailed maps of the entire area. The end result is well worth the effort.
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EJ Bakker
5.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting and very readable
Reviewed in Germany on April 8, 2013
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A great book.
Very interesting to see how such old texts as in Exodus, appear to make much more sense than one could imagine.
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