The Miracles of Exodus: A Scientist's Discovery of the Extraordinary Natural Causes of the Biblical Stories - Softcover

Humphreys, Colin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826474292 ISBN 13: 9780826474292

Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2004

Synopsis

After seven years of meticulous research Colin Humphreys has written a fascinating and involving book on the miracles of Exodus and the Israelites' escape from Egypt. Although Humphreys uses science to explain the events of Exodus he does not believe that this makes them any less miraculous - rather, God is the force behind the science. The author answers key questions about the Exodus, such as how many Israelites were involved and how they manage to survive in the desert for 40 years. He argues that the Israelites did indeed cross over the Red Sea (and not the Reed Sea as some scholars claim) and that the real Mount Sinai is not in the Sinai Peninsula but is a volcano in Arabia. Humphreys provides convincing biblical evidence to support his views and his treatment of the subject is fresh, passionate and often amusing. Humphreys concludes: 'I am well aware that most scholars believe the book of Exodus is riddled with errors and inconsistencies. 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...The Exodus story revealed in this book is truly astonishing, amazing a

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Review:

The book is easy to read, and is well worth reading. Read it with an open, but critical, mind. Faith and Thought 'Humphreys is trying to understand, with painstaking examination, how one can be even more impressed by the natural explanations of how the plagues of Egypt came about, how the waters rose up, how bitter water turned sweet' --Sanford Lakoff

About the Author:

Colin Humphreys is Professor of Materials Science at Cambridge University and is a great friend of Professor Stephen Hawking.

About this edition

• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0826474292
• ISBN 13: 9780826474292
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 362