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Identifier: dictionaryofbibl01scha (find matches)
Title: A dictionary of the Bible..
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Schaff, Philip, 1819-1893
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eneighborhood for a year, they must havefound a sufficient supply of water andpasturage. At least five mountains have been atdifferent times identified with the Mountof the Law, but two of these, Jebel el-Ejmeh and Jebel Umm Alawi, do not atall fulfil the conditions, and must be setaside. Josephus says that Mount Sinaiwas the highest of the district, and thisled to its identification with Jebel Kath-arina (8536 feet high), and its twin peakJebel Zebir (8551 feet). But the moun- SIN SIN tains surrounding these summits so hemthem in that they are not visible fromany place in the neighborhood where alarge number of people could be assem-bled. The question was thus narroweddown to Jebel Serbal, Jebel Musa, andRa.8 Sufsdfeh. Jebel Serbal is described by Wilson(Bible Educator, iv. p. 186) as perhapsthe most striking mountain in the penin-sula. It rises abruptly to a height ofmore than 4000 feet above the valley atits base (6734 feet above the sea-level),and its summit, a sharp ridge about 3
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Outline ilap of Mount Sinai miles in lensrth, is b~oken into a seriesof peaks, varying little in altitude, hutrivalling each other in the beauty andgrnndeur of their outline. There aresome ten or twelve peaks, which varyso little in altitude that when seen fromlower ground or from a distance the eyefails to distinguish the highest. Evi-dently the true Sinai is not to be sought (After the Ordnance Survey.) in such a confusion. Nor is there anyplace in the neighborhood for the en-campment of a large host. Holland(Recovery of Jerusalem, p. 410) describesthe valleys at its base as a wildernessof boulders and torrent-beds, and thespace between the valleys as a chaosof rugged mountains. The members of the Ordnance Surrey807 SIN SIN unanimously reached the conclusion thatthe real Sinai was to be found in JebelMasa, including its peak Has Sufsafeh,which is situated a little north-west ofthe centre of the Sinaitic group, andsome 20 miles east by south of JebelSerbal. Jebel Musa is the general

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