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It has just struck me that contradictory information by Paul, in Galatians, locating Mt. Sinai in Arabia,and old testament references placing mountain's site in Sinai Peninsula, that is , in Egypt,recommends creation of the following subdivision of proposed sites: 1 Old testament Mount Sinai location 2 New Testament,or Christian-specific Mount Sinai location
Would this partition be adopted, the pointed out contradiction could be far easily be dealt with Thomas Bawden-- 200.163.96.163 03:53, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
I rewrote and reorganized the article, and I added other candiates for the Biblical Mt Sinai.-- Tomtom9041 20:38, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
Created its own article and moved pertinent pertinents to it. Its obvious that there are those who are conflicted and refuse to see that others do not agree that the Biblical Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai are coterminus.-- Tomtom9041 01:10, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
I find the introduction of this article to be extremely misleading!
Orthodox Jewish tradition asserts that the entirety of the Torah was presented and delivered to Moses on Mount Sinai over a period of 40 days and nights, while the Jewish nation camped at the base of the mountain. The article, with its introduction as quoted above, seems to assert that, on the contrary, only a relatively minute portion of the Torah was given at Mount Sinai. In fact, Orthodox Judaism does not even consider the Ritual Decalogue to posses any special religious significance over and above its general inclusion in the Torah. DRosenbach ( Talk | Contribs) 12:45, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
Kudos to those who did the rewrite. Been away for a while. User:Tomtom9041 22:44, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
What a great rewrite, just did some some phonetical stuff.-- Tomtom9041 16:31, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Much better-- 71.185.193.98 02:04, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Just wanted to note my very minor changes under the Saudi subhead. Categorized Larry Williams (whom I added) and Cornuke together since they made their trips as a team--labeled them as 'amateur adventurers' rather than the previous 'fundamentalist Christian apologists' because both trips were made on their own--and Larry Williams makes it clear that he does not claim to be a Christian whatsoever--he merely went as a part-time hobbyist.
Also included David Fasold (who has a wikipedia entry on him) with Wyatt since they were a team--and I added that they were treasure hunters, because that was their reason in going in the first place--and they got kicked out because they were apparently trying to take antiquities from Saudi. That doesn't sound like religious motivation to me! I left in the term psedoarchaeologists, though, since both went on to pursue other endeavors that went beyond treasure hunting. Also, Wyatt was a Seventh Day Adventist, not a fundamentalist--he was often was at odds with such groups (fundamentalists consider SDA to be a cult). Removed Howard Blum from the 'list' of supposed apologists as he was only the author of a book on Cornuke and Williams' expeditions and does not seem to be directly involved. Lastly, I (very) slightly altered the language of the final sentence that wasn't very non-NPOV but rather seemed bent on mocking Wyatt and the supposed fundamentalist apologists (not saying I agree with him/them, but hey, this is an encyclopedia). Efrafra ( talk) 06:13, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
Why does the Egypt category keep getting removed?-- Tomtom9041 ( talk) 15:52, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
See WP:SPS, specifically:
"Anyone can create a website or pay to have a book published, then claim to be an expert in a certain field. For that reason, self-published books, newsletters, personal websites, open wikis, blogs, knols, forum postings, and similar sources are largely not acceptable."
Ralph Ellis publishes his own books. Thus, we don't use him. Policy does also say:
"Self-published material may, in some circumstances, be acceptable when produced by an established expert on the topic of the article whose work in the relevant field has previously been published by reliable third-party publications. However, caution should be exercised when using such sources: if the information in question is really worth reporting, someone else is likely to have done so. For example, a reliable self-published source on a given subject is likely to have been cited on that subject as authoritative by a reliable source."
But that doesn't apply here. Doug Weller ( talk) 19:07, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
-- 68.34.107.47 ( talk) 19:49, 1 January 2008 (UTC).
In addition, the local Arabian oral tradition before Islam is reflected in the Kuran telling the story of Moses the Prophet of God who was "called from the right side of the Tor". In another Surat the text repeats itself "...from the right shore of the Valley". Both citations reveal one meaning: the Tor is not a mountain, it is a river: it runs in one way and has a right side and a left side. Therefore, I do not agree with the Moslem belief that the Sinai is a mount. The Kuran says it is a river and perhaps this is the "Wed" where the annual torrential rain storm of Easter happens every year until today with catastrophic consequences in the Asir Mountains (Compare with the Exodus story).-- 68.34.107.47 ( talk) 19:49, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
The Mount question entered the Islamic tradition by copying the Torah stories about the "Mount of the Lord". The mount question in the Kuran is one which had been flattened by God when Moses asked Him to reveal Himself to be seen, then God told Moses to watch "that" mountain how it is crushed by the greatness of God if he wishes to see Him.
The Sinai itself is pronounced "Seeneen" in the Kuran not "Sinai", which concurs with the name "Sannin" of Lebanon. Another confusion of mountain must have originated from the term "Tar" in Aramaic meaning "mount", which is confusingly close to Tor (Toor in Arabic). I humbly suggest further investigation in this direction. Respectfully, Noureddine ( talk) 20:36, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
Are we required to insert amateur archeologists and scholars pseudo-research like Freud and Velikovsky? As far as the volcanic nonsense, we do have bona-fide scholars (nor really sure. Check me out here): A. Musil and Ed. Meyer (listed as "popularizers" maybe like Velikovsky I suppose). It seems to me that we quarrel over WP:RELY scholarship. Then we insert stuff from these guys which isn't even close. Almost worse than the History Channel! Student7 ( talk) 21:21, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
I'd like to revert to [1] as a starting point for any new edits. It's only about 3 weeks ago and it preserves the lost references and is (except for 2 edits which got rid of the references list) just before Rkect started to heavily revamp the article adding original research - for which he now has an indefinite block. I was editing by hand but this seems the easiest and most sensible thing to do dougweller ( talk) 13:03, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
So far, so good.
Question: does a Midrash qualify as a "biblical source?" It seems to me that is merely commentary, however revered. Student7 ( talk) 12:56, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
There have been some substantial edits recently to Mount Horeb. Editors of this article might wish to get involved. SamuelTheGhost ( talk) 16:50, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
What are the coordinates? Longitude and latitude of these places. - Thank-you!-- Anaccuratesource ( talk) 18:06, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
As I read these discussions, it became increasingly clear that much of the trouble in editing a page which is religious in nature comes from editors who don't believe in the subjects they are writing about. What I mean is, if you have a page on a Biblical location, it should be edited by those who believe in what the Bible says, otherwise a great deal will end up being thrown out just because it is deemed "fictional" by the editors. Religious topics are sensitive issues, and nearly every point a critic makes could be countered by another point, which could then be countered yet again. To avoid this endless debate, perhaps the "believers" of the particular religion should be given preference. If you have a page on a Jewish practice, permit Jewish practitioners to edit it. If you have a page on a Christian church, allow Christian scholars to write about it. If you have a page on Islam or the Qur'an, let some Muslims fill it in. If a person wishes to look up a particular religious subject, he or she wants to read what its adherents have to say about it, not the arguments of the religion's opponents. It can prove frustrating if no information is available about certain beliefs or practices, because the editor of the article believes those beliefs or practices to be nonsense. This is, after all, an encyclopedia, and the best and most complete results will come about if the adherents and not the critics are considered the highest authorities on their respective pages.
If you are a critic but also an expert on the geographical region which is related to a religious subject, then please confine your expertise to a particular section which deals with geography; if the space allotted proves to be insufficient, then perhaps the article can be split into two pages, as happened here. 96.227.62.189 ( talk) 22:07, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
I'm not suggesting that only "believers" be allowed to edit, but only that people who are not "believers" should not take it upon themselves to write about subjects they don't believe in. This would not apply to most articles, but religious articles by definition require a bias in favor of, or in opposition to, the religious tenets. There is no middle ground, no impartiality. You either believe something or you don't. Because of this fact, a true encyclopedia should present the most complete and detailed analysis of the religious subject at hand, and that can best be done by those who take the subject seriously. If a person wishes to look up a religious topic, it's safe to say that they want to see a "believer's" perspective on the subject. In other words, someone who looks up a Muslim belief does not want to see a Christian or Jewish criticism of the entire theological premise; they want to see what the belief entails, and that is best described by a Muslim. If adherents to another religion, or non-religious people, edited the page, they would write in a biased fashion, because they couldn't help it. They are biased against it. A Muslim would write with a bias also, but a bias in favor of it. You can't get away from bias in religious topics, so you have to decide which bias is most likely to be desired by the readers, who are the ones for whom we are creating the encyclopedia. Since most people who visit a religious page want to get an insider's view of the topic, the best choice is to defer to those biased in favor of the religion. Thus, we arrive at my original idea of leaving religious topics alone unless you believe in them. If you want another page full of criticisms of the religion, create a separate "criticism page" and label it as such. In this way, people who visit a religious page will receive the most detailed information from the viewpoint of those within the religion, and those who want to view criticism of the religion can go to the criticism page. 96.227.62.189 ( talk) 14:12, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
Although I personally agree that Mt Sinai and Mt Lawz are one and the same in the “Suggested Locations” section on the Biblical Mt Sinai page, I would suggest that you remove the “Ron Wyatt and Bob Cornuke” reference sentence as these two and their BASE Institute is not a legitimate scientific source - of course this is IMHO. If one spends more than a minute looking at the source website, one can come to opinion that their evidence is questionable at best and at worst is an example of Christians looking for archeology to fit the Bible rather than the other way around. I would love to have every part of the Bible reliably proved or pinned to modern day site. However, even an idiot like me can tell that Wyatt and Cornuke were out "looking for evidence" and using them as legitimate source degrades actual Christian research/archeology - again IMHO. Just a suggestion for discussion.
Also References 42 & 45 point to the Arkdiscovery.com website - which I’ve been told by Wikipedia editor Doug Weller is “not a reliable source for biblical articles”. To be consistent, which I assume that Wikipedia is striving for as a true web resource, these two references should be deleted. OR - Arkdiscovery.com can be considered a legitimate source. Either/or. To me, the article on Arkdiscovery.com regarding Joseph and Imhotep being one and the same ( http://www.arkdiscovery.com/joseph.htm) is very well written and researched and I would think that others going to “Joseph” or “Imhotep” Wikipedia pages would be interested in other points of view. However as it has been pointed out, this site is not a recognized source and also looks like it has financial gain in mind (but also doesn’t the Smithsonian, National Geographic, and other legitimate investigative/scholarly sources?). I don't know if you can cherry pick good or bad sources off a site. Not poking at Wikipedia's editing, editors - I assume something slipped or it was marked as a "minor edit" (which I've learned from reading editorial comments is not necessarily reviewed). Just saw the reference to Arkdiscovery while I was browsing other Wikipedia pages and I thought I'd bring it up for comment since I'd recently been counciled not to use Arkdiscovery. Ckruschke ( talk) 13:50, 3 December 2010 (UTC)Ckruschke
re: Suggested Locations - Saudi Arabia section
Not a big deal obviously, but Google Earth lists this mountain as "Jebel al Lawz" - not spelled "Jabal". Not an expert in place names or arabic so I am unsure whether it can be spelled either way or whether it is a typo. I have raised the same question on the "Jabal al-Lawz" Wikipedia discussion page. Again this is probably idiotically minor, but when you type in "Jabal al-Lawz" into Google Earth and you get Jabal Abu al-Lawz, a mountain in Isral, I'm kind of wondering if that's a good thing... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ckruschke ( talk • contribs) 17:29, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
is there a specific reason why god choose mount sinai why couldn't he choose anoyher mountain was there a signicance in mount sinai? — Preceding
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190.80.120.251 (
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This sentence bothers me.
Modern scholars differ as to the exact geographical position of Mount Sinai,[8] and the same has long been true of scholars of Judaism.
It's the classic error of begging the question -- the way it's written assumes that there is in fact an exact geographical position of Mount Sinai to be found. It's as biased as asking, "Modern scholars differ as to the exact geographical position of Eden." Instead I think it should be narrowed to "biblical scholars":
Biblical scholars differ as to the geographical position of Mount Sinai.
Any objections? -- Quasipalm ( talk) 07:50, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
If this is going to be in the article, then it shouldn't start with fringe writers and say that reliable sources also agree. It should discuss what reliable sources have to say about the question and only then, if there is enough significance to their views, mention any fringe writers. Dougweller ( talk) 14:11, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
Since you are going to include this section, and since the location is based upon biblical information, shouldn't you at least include a line stating that biblical sources (Gal 4:25) state that Sinai is in Arabia which agrees with a location in Sinai Arabia rather than the traditional Sinai Peninsula? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joenitwit ( talk • contribs) 15:55, 5 April 2013 (UTC) Joenitwit ( talk) 16:01, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
This page has never been archived. I think it's time, especially as people are posting to threads from years go where the original authors are no longer around. Any objections? Maybe anything over a year old? Dougweller ( talk) 16:17, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
Just removed a large addition which appears to be copied from an undated blog post ,,, which in part is copying part of this article. Confusing ... ? Vsmith ( talk) 12:19, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
I wrote the blog and I also added the section to Wikipedia (the blog form is biased and the Wiki form is unbiased & encyclopedic). Both the material on the blog and on Wikipedia is my own material. From what I understand in order to use my own material in a Wikipedia article I must add the following to my blog: "The text of this website [or this page, or this section] is available for modification and reuse under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License and the GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover text). CWatchman ( talk) 01:49, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
Thank you very much. CWatchman ( talk) 13:09, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
The word "volcano" occurs five times in this article, suggesting that Mount Sinai was a volcano. Other references refer to it as being a "thunderstorm" or a "wind being funneled down the Siq."
You say that, "claims such as the suggestion that Jebel Musa might be a conductor of plasma phenomenon certainly have no place here" and yet the very same paragraph about the wind being funneled down the siq says "The dramatic biblical descriptions of devouring fire on the summit,would fit with the fact that there have been many reports and sightings of plasma phenomena at al-Madhbah over the centuries; the pre-requisite that storm conditions exist before plasma phenomena usually occur would fit with the storm-like biblical description of thunder, lightning, and a thick cloud." So what you say I should not suggest for Jebel Musa has already been suggested for al-Madhbah.
Jebel Musa has been rejected in other articles because it was never a volcano. Even this article several times suggests Mount Sinai as a volcano. What I added demonstrated that Jebel Musa ALSO has been suggested by others as experiencing plasma phenomenon. In other words, al-Madhbah is not the only place this phenomenon has been reported.
Personally I am not "suggesting" Jebel Musa as plasma phenomenon because I personally believe it was not, but that it was a spiritual reality.
But if we are going to site what critics suggest such as "volcanos" and "plasma" and "thunderstorms" for the relatively NEW contenders for Mount Sinai, let's be fair and show the old traditional one has just as many claims as the others.
When I read this article it seemed lopsided. It seemed to tell me why the southern Jebel Musa was NOT Mount Sinai and why the NEW contenders just MIGHT BE Mount Sinai. All negatives for the traditional Jebel Musa and mostly all positives for the new fringe theories. CWatchman ( talk) 13:07, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
Having removed the bit about plasma added by a fringe editor several years ago, I want to raise the question about how to treat the other fringe material in the article. Dougweller ( talk) 15:51, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
Maybe we are using the word "fringe theory" a bit loosely. After all, unless you are a "believer" the whole article is based on a myth and any new discoveries about the location of the myth could be considered frivolous. However, as a believer I believe there was a physical Mount Sinai and I find more credence in the traditional location which has been the accepted view of centuries of scholars. But I think that other theories and locations should also be explored. I am not so much concerned about being too liberal about fringe theories as I am about being too conservative. This is a very exploratory subject. CWatchman ( talk) 17:57, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
When I first read the article I felt I was reading an article which was saying: "Mount Sinai cannot be in the southern Sinai Peninsula but it seems like it might be in these other locations."
CWatchman (
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18:11, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
This article needs a serious rewrite overhaul. To be a separate article from Mount Sinai it needs to contain significantly different material.
I would suggest the following:
CWatchman ( talk) 23:26, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
Numbers 3 and 4 are ALREADY in the article. My only additions to these were that number 4 have a “REASONABLE” list and number 4 include “INTELLIGENT RESEARCH MATERIAL” of pros and cons.
If a reasonable list of contenders backed by intelligent research material are added to the article then in number 5 each should be given equal space. As it is right now the most significant contender is given ZERO space to scholarship which has investigated the southern Sinai Peninsula (the Jebul Musa/es Susafeh/Jebel Katrina peaks) but provides questionable resources for the new contenders.
Again this article seems to be saying: "Mount Sinai cannot be in the southern Sinai Peninsula but it seems like it might be in these other locations."
A plethora of both ancient and modern scholars have placed Mount Sinai in the Southern Sinai Peninsula. It is the new theories that are coming out that has pushed the traditional one in the background. CWatchman ( talk) 17:08, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
'Intelligent scholarship' is simply a shorter way of saying 'academic and peer-reviewed publications.' Again this article gives space to the new contenders citing new theories and speculative ideas but when it comes to the traditional contender all it cites is it's Christian history.
None of the new contenders have a single shred more evidence of being the original site than the traditional one does. CWatchman ( talk) 15:14, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
Perhaps I am misunderstanding what you are saying but it seems you may have the Mount Sinai of the Bible and the Mount Ararat of the Bible confused. The Mountain Moses ascended is not the same mountain which Noah rested upon. CWatchman ( talk) 17:12, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
I had quite a bit of material I added to the Southern Peninsula section which was deleted because I had the same material (although in a more opinionated form) posted in one of my personal blogs. From what I understand in order to use my own material in a Wikipedia article I must add the following to my blog: The text of this website [or this page, or this section] is available for modification and reuse under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License and the GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover text).
I intend to revise and condensed that material and resubmit it a little at a time while discussing the article in this talk page. I think for starters I will submit a condensed version of the first paragraph which stated the findings by Graham Davies of Cambridge University. CWatchman ( talk) 17:26, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for researching this. As you state, Jebel Musa is usually given 3/4 the space of all the other contenders. I once made a list of the most seriously studied locations for the original Mount Sinai. I think they included Jebel Musa, Jebel Serbal, Jabal al-Lawz, Hala-'l Badr, Jebel Hellal, Jebel al-Madhbah, Har Karkom, Jebel Yeroham, Jebel Sinn Bishar and Hashem el-Tarif.
There can be some confusion when referring to the Mount Sinai of the southern peninsula. Some consider the whole mountain as Mount Sinai while others prefer to call just one of the peaks of the mountain "Mount Sinai." Mount Sina actually consists of three main peaks which are Jebul Musa, es Susafeh, and Jebel Katrina (Mount Catherine). Some think Moses communed with God on one peak and then went to the other peak to pronounce the laws he received to the children of Israel. I am among those who consider Jebel Musa, es Susafeh and Mount Catherine as simply being three peaks of Mount Sinai.
The main problem I first saw with the article was the fact that Jebel Musa/Katherine was treated as a Christian invention while the other sites were given space to serious consideration as being the original. Yet none of the others to date have any more claim to being the original than Jebel Musa/Katherine. There are those who have submitted serious scholarship to Jebel Musa but the new contenders have pushed the traditional one in the background. CWatchman ( talk) 23:17, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
I just found a reference in a very old Bible Dictionary which says that one of the contenders for Mount Sinai was "Mount Seir, on the edge of Arabah." An old photograph in this dictionary shows two views from "Mount Seir." One view from Mount Seir was "the theater at Petra, ancient Sela," and the other view showed "the great circular ceremonial court before the Temple of Ed Deir." Do you have any idea which mountain this is referring to? CWatchman ( talk) 17:14, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
There is a question I have posted all over the internet and to date not one person has been able to answer it: Is Eilat part of the Sinai mountain range? I do not mean politically but geographically. On the map it seems as though the physical Sinai mountain range ends in Eilat. Does anyone here know? Thank you. CWatchman ( talk) 06:19, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
Since there is such an extensive list of contenders for Mount Sinai would it be possible to make a section in the article for these contenders accompanied by a link to a website which has researched that location? It could provide valuable material for someone studying the subject. Instead of spending hours googling various contenders they would have them all in one place. We could give reasonable space to the major contenders and cite scholarly reliable sources which cover the pros and cons as to why each contender is considered, giving more space to the Jebel Musa location. Then we could briefly name the other less known contenders linking them to appropriate web sites or material. CWatchman ( talk) 09:03, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
I realize the location of Mount Seir is not known. That was not the question. The question was WHAT mountain is the author referring to which is "on the edge of Arabah" which from the top of it one would have a view of "the theater at Petra, ancient Sela" and another view of "the great circular ceremonial court before the Temple of Ed Deir."
Concerning adding a list of contenders for Mount Sinai we should consider gathering a brief list of all of the most important contenders which are significant viewpoints that have been published by reliable sources, excluding fringe and minority opinions. This would be simply a list which one could research. Those of the greatest consideration should be given more space with most space given to Mount Jebel which, as John Carter wrote above, is usually given 3/4 the space of all the other contenders in reliable sources.
Again, Is Eilat considered part of the geological Sinai mountain range?
Thanks. CWatchman ( talk) 00:29, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
Check the following link: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/dte/userfiles/images/Sinai-Peninsula(1).jpg Look far south in the Sinai Peninsula where the traditional Mount Sinai is. Now follow the Sinai mountain ridge on the far east side northward all the way up up Eilat. It seems to me by visibly looking at the map that Eilat is part of the mountain range. Yet I can find no references or verifiable sources which confirm this. CWatchman ( talk) 01:24, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
DELETED: Some material has been deleted from the Biblical Mount Sinai article which clarified two important statements made by ancient historian Josephus. (1) The general location where Mount Sinai was regarded to exist in his day (a mountain that lay between Egypt and Arabia) (2) That the mountain was "the highest of all mountains" in that area.
Also deleted was the fact that Mount Sinai is not one peak but a series of peaks (which the average person is not aware of) and Etheria's confirmation that it appears as one mountain but actually contains several peaks when entered.
The average reader misreads Josephus as referring to Mount Catherine when he was more than likely referring to "Mount Sinai" as a whole.
Mount Katherine and Jebel Musa are both much higher than any mountains in the Sinaitic desert, or in all of Midian.
The above facts contribute reason for consideration of the traditional Mount Sinai as a suggested location for the alleged original.
When I first came upon this article it gave great weight to fringe theory locations and gave space to wild theories of plasma phenomena, etc. When I first read the article I felt I was reading an article which was saying: "Mount Sinai cannot be in the southern Sinai Peninsula but it seems like it might be in these other locations." The traditional site has for decades been broadly supported by scholarship and meets the test of notability but undue weight was given to newer, untested ideas. CWatchman ( talk) 18:23, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
I should have posted here, sorry. We should always use the original source when we can. We certainly shouldn't use a site that links God with UFOs as biblepro.com does, or the other fringe site Baseinstitute. I gave the editor the actual source [8] which would allow both verification that the text is accurate and any enhancement etc needed. Doug Weller talk 08:28, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
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It has just struck me that contradictory information by Paul, in Galatians, locating Mt. Sinai in Arabia,and old testament references placing mountain's site in Sinai Peninsula, that is , in Egypt,recommends creation of the following subdivision of proposed sites: 1 Old testament Mount Sinai location 2 New Testament,or Christian-specific Mount Sinai location
Would this partition be adopted, the pointed out contradiction could be far easily be dealt with Thomas Bawden-- 200.163.96.163 03:53, 6 November 2005 (UTC)
I rewrote and reorganized the article, and I added other candiates for the Biblical Mt Sinai.-- Tomtom9041 20:38, 31 December 2005 (UTC)
Created its own article and moved pertinent pertinents to it. Its obvious that there are those who are conflicted and refuse to see that others do not agree that the Biblical Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai are coterminus.-- Tomtom9041 01:10, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
I find the introduction of this article to be extremely misleading!
Orthodox Jewish tradition asserts that the entirety of the Torah was presented and delivered to Moses on Mount Sinai over a period of 40 days and nights, while the Jewish nation camped at the base of the mountain. The article, with its introduction as quoted above, seems to assert that, on the contrary, only a relatively minute portion of the Torah was given at Mount Sinai. In fact, Orthodox Judaism does not even consider the Ritual Decalogue to posses any special religious significance over and above its general inclusion in the Torah. DRosenbach ( Talk | Contribs) 12:45, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
Kudos to those who did the rewrite. Been away for a while. User:Tomtom9041 22:44, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
What a great rewrite, just did some some phonetical stuff.-- Tomtom9041 16:31, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
Much better-- 71.185.193.98 02:04, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Just wanted to note my very minor changes under the Saudi subhead. Categorized Larry Williams (whom I added) and Cornuke together since they made their trips as a team--labeled them as 'amateur adventurers' rather than the previous 'fundamentalist Christian apologists' because both trips were made on their own--and Larry Williams makes it clear that he does not claim to be a Christian whatsoever--he merely went as a part-time hobbyist.
Also included David Fasold (who has a wikipedia entry on him) with Wyatt since they were a team--and I added that they were treasure hunters, because that was their reason in going in the first place--and they got kicked out because they were apparently trying to take antiquities from Saudi. That doesn't sound like religious motivation to me! I left in the term psedoarchaeologists, though, since both went on to pursue other endeavors that went beyond treasure hunting. Also, Wyatt was a Seventh Day Adventist, not a fundamentalist--he was often was at odds with such groups (fundamentalists consider SDA to be a cult). Removed Howard Blum from the 'list' of supposed apologists as he was only the author of a book on Cornuke and Williams' expeditions and does not seem to be directly involved. Lastly, I (very) slightly altered the language of the final sentence that wasn't very non-NPOV but rather seemed bent on mocking Wyatt and the supposed fundamentalist apologists (not saying I agree with him/them, but hey, this is an encyclopedia). Efrafra ( talk) 06:13, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
Why does the Egypt category keep getting removed?-- Tomtom9041 ( talk) 15:52, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
See WP:SPS, specifically:
"Anyone can create a website or pay to have a book published, then claim to be an expert in a certain field. For that reason, self-published books, newsletters, personal websites, open wikis, blogs, knols, forum postings, and similar sources are largely not acceptable."
Ralph Ellis publishes his own books. Thus, we don't use him. Policy does also say:
"Self-published material may, in some circumstances, be acceptable when produced by an established expert on the topic of the article whose work in the relevant field has previously been published by reliable third-party publications. However, caution should be exercised when using such sources: if the information in question is really worth reporting, someone else is likely to have done so. For example, a reliable self-published source on a given subject is likely to have been cited on that subject as authoritative by a reliable source."
But that doesn't apply here. Doug Weller ( talk) 19:07, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
-- 68.34.107.47 ( talk) 19:49, 1 January 2008 (UTC).
In addition, the local Arabian oral tradition before Islam is reflected in the Kuran telling the story of Moses the Prophet of God who was "called from the right side of the Tor". In another Surat the text repeats itself "...from the right shore of the Valley". Both citations reveal one meaning: the Tor is not a mountain, it is a river: it runs in one way and has a right side and a left side. Therefore, I do not agree with the Moslem belief that the Sinai is a mount. The Kuran says it is a river and perhaps this is the "Wed" where the annual torrential rain storm of Easter happens every year until today with catastrophic consequences in the Asir Mountains (Compare with the Exodus story).-- 68.34.107.47 ( talk) 19:49, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
The Mount question entered the Islamic tradition by copying the Torah stories about the "Mount of the Lord". The mount question in the Kuran is one which had been flattened by God when Moses asked Him to reveal Himself to be seen, then God told Moses to watch "that" mountain how it is crushed by the greatness of God if he wishes to see Him.
The Sinai itself is pronounced "Seeneen" in the Kuran not "Sinai", which concurs with the name "Sannin" of Lebanon. Another confusion of mountain must have originated from the term "Tar" in Aramaic meaning "mount", which is confusingly close to Tor (Toor in Arabic). I humbly suggest further investigation in this direction. Respectfully, Noureddine ( talk) 20:36, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
Are we required to insert amateur archeologists and scholars pseudo-research like Freud and Velikovsky? As far as the volcanic nonsense, we do have bona-fide scholars (nor really sure. Check me out here): A. Musil and Ed. Meyer (listed as "popularizers" maybe like Velikovsky I suppose). It seems to me that we quarrel over WP:RELY scholarship. Then we insert stuff from these guys which isn't even close. Almost worse than the History Channel! Student7 ( talk) 21:21, 21 January 2009 (UTC)
I'd like to revert to [1] as a starting point for any new edits. It's only about 3 weeks ago and it preserves the lost references and is (except for 2 edits which got rid of the references list) just before Rkect started to heavily revamp the article adding original research - for which he now has an indefinite block. I was editing by hand but this seems the easiest and most sensible thing to do dougweller ( talk) 13:03, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
So far, so good.
Question: does a Midrash qualify as a "biblical source?" It seems to me that is merely commentary, however revered. Student7 ( talk) 12:56, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
There have been some substantial edits recently to Mount Horeb. Editors of this article might wish to get involved. SamuelTheGhost ( talk) 16:50, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
What are the coordinates? Longitude and latitude of these places. - Thank-you!-- Anaccuratesource ( talk) 18:06, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
As I read these discussions, it became increasingly clear that much of the trouble in editing a page which is religious in nature comes from editors who don't believe in the subjects they are writing about. What I mean is, if you have a page on a Biblical location, it should be edited by those who believe in what the Bible says, otherwise a great deal will end up being thrown out just because it is deemed "fictional" by the editors. Religious topics are sensitive issues, and nearly every point a critic makes could be countered by another point, which could then be countered yet again. To avoid this endless debate, perhaps the "believers" of the particular religion should be given preference. If you have a page on a Jewish practice, permit Jewish practitioners to edit it. If you have a page on a Christian church, allow Christian scholars to write about it. If you have a page on Islam or the Qur'an, let some Muslims fill it in. If a person wishes to look up a particular religious subject, he or she wants to read what its adherents have to say about it, not the arguments of the religion's opponents. It can prove frustrating if no information is available about certain beliefs or practices, because the editor of the article believes those beliefs or practices to be nonsense. This is, after all, an encyclopedia, and the best and most complete results will come about if the adherents and not the critics are considered the highest authorities on their respective pages.
If you are a critic but also an expert on the geographical region which is related to a religious subject, then please confine your expertise to a particular section which deals with geography; if the space allotted proves to be insufficient, then perhaps the article can be split into two pages, as happened here. 96.227.62.189 ( talk) 22:07, 22 July 2010 (UTC)
I'm not suggesting that only "believers" be allowed to edit, but only that people who are not "believers" should not take it upon themselves to write about subjects they don't believe in. This would not apply to most articles, but religious articles by definition require a bias in favor of, or in opposition to, the religious tenets. There is no middle ground, no impartiality. You either believe something or you don't. Because of this fact, a true encyclopedia should present the most complete and detailed analysis of the religious subject at hand, and that can best be done by those who take the subject seriously. If a person wishes to look up a religious topic, it's safe to say that they want to see a "believer's" perspective on the subject. In other words, someone who looks up a Muslim belief does not want to see a Christian or Jewish criticism of the entire theological premise; they want to see what the belief entails, and that is best described by a Muslim. If adherents to another religion, or non-religious people, edited the page, they would write in a biased fashion, because they couldn't help it. They are biased against it. A Muslim would write with a bias also, but a bias in favor of it. You can't get away from bias in religious topics, so you have to decide which bias is most likely to be desired by the readers, who are the ones for whom we are creating the encyclopedia. Since most people who visit a religious page want to get an insider's view of the topic, the best choice is to defer to those biased in favor of the religion. Thus, we arrive at my original idea of leaving religious topics alone unless you believe in them. If you want another page full of criticisms of the religion, create a separate "criticism page" and label it as such. In this way, people who visit a religious page will receive the most detailed information from the viewpoint of those within the religion, and those who want to view criticism of the religion can go to the criticism page. 96.227.62.189 ( talk) 14:12, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
Although I personally agree that Mt Sinai and Mt Lawz are one and the same in the “Suggested Locations” section on the Biblical Mt Sinai page, I would suggest that you remove the “Ron Wyatt and Bob Cornuke” reference sentence as these two and their BASE Institute is not a legitimate scientific source - of course this is IMHO. If one spends more than a minute looking at the source website, one can come to opinion that their evidence is questionable at best and at worst is an example of Christians looking for archeology to fit the Bible rather than the other way around. I would love to have every part of the Bible reliably proved or pinned to modern day site. However, even an idiot like me can tell that Wyatt and Cornuke were out "looking for evidence" and using them as legitimate source degrades actual Christian research/archeology - again IMHO. Just a suggestion for discussion.
Also References 42 & 45 point to the Arkdiscovery.com website - which I’ve been told by Wikipedia editor Doug Weller is “not a reliable source for biblical articles”. To be consistent, which I assume that Wikipedia is striving for as a true web resource, these two references should be deleted. OR - Arkdiscovery.com can be considered a legitimate source. Either/or. To me, the article on Arkdiscovery.com regarding Joseph and Imhotep being one and the same ( http://www.arkdiscovery.com/joseph.htm) is very well written and researched and I would think that others going to “Joseph” or “Imhotep” Wikipedia pages would be interested in other points of view. However as it has been pointed out, this site is not a recognized source and also looks like it has financial gain in mind (but also doesn’t the Smithsonian, National Geographic, and other legitimate investigative/scholarly sources?). I don't know if you can cherry pick good or bad sources off a site. Not poking at Wikipedia's editing, editors - I assume something slipped or it was marked as a "minor edit" (which I've learned from reading editorial comments is not necessarily reviewed). Just saw the reference to Arkdiscovery while I was browsing other Wikipedia pages and I thought I'd bring it up for comment since I'd recently been counciled not to use Arkdiscovery. Ckruschke ( talk) 13:50, 3 December 2010 (UTC)Ckruschke
re: Suggested Locations - Saudi Arabia section
Not a big deal obviously, but Google Earth lists this mountain as "Jebel al Lawz" - not spelled "Jabal". Not an expert in place names or arabic so I am unsure whether it can be spelled either way or whether it is a typo. I have raised the same question on the "Jabal al-Lawz" Wikipedia discussion page. Again this is probably idiotically minor, but when you type in "Jabal al-Lawz" into Google Earth and you get Jabal Abu al-Lawz, a mountain in Isral, I'm kind of wondering if that's a good thing... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ckruschke ( talk • contribs) 17:29, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
is there a specific reason why god choose mount sinai why couldn't he choose anoyher mountain was there a signicance in mount sinai? — Preceding
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190.80.120.251 (
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This sentence bothers me.
Modern scholars differ as to the exact geographical position of Mount Sinai,[8] and the same has long been true of scholars of Judaism.
It's the classic error of begging the question -- the way it's written assumes that there is in fact an exact geographical position of Mount Sinai to be found. It's as biased as asking, "Modern scholars differ as to the exact geographical position of Eden." Instead I think it should be narrowed to "biblical scholars":
Biblical scholars differ as to the geographical position of Mount Sinai.
Any objections? -- Quasipalm ( talk) 07:50, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
If this is going to be in the article, then it shouldn't start with fringe writers and say that reliable sources also agree. It should discuss what reliable sources have to say about the question and only then, if there is enough significance to their views, mention any fringe writers. Dougweller ( talk) 14:11, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
Since you are going to include this section, and since the location is based upon biblical information, shouldn't you at least include a line stating that biblical sources (Gal 4:25) state that Sinai is in Arabia which agrees with a location in Sinai Arabia rather than the traditional Sinai Peninsula? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Joenitwit ( talk • contribs) 15:55, 5 April 2013 (UTC) Joenitwit ( talk) 16:01, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
This page has never been archived. I think it's time, especially as people are posting to threads from years go where the original authors are no longer around. Any objections? Maybe anything over a year old? Dougweller ( talk) 16:17, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
Just removed a large addition which appears to be copied from an undated blog post ,,, which in part is copying part of this article. Confusing ... ? Vsmith ( talk) 12:19, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
I wrote the blog and I also added the section to Wikipedia (the blog form is biased and the Wiki form is unbiased & encyclopedic). Both the material on the blog and on Wikipedia is my own material. From what I understand in order to use my own material in a Wikipedia article I must add the following to my blog: "The text of this website [or this page, or this section] is available for modification and reuse under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License and the GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover text). CWatchman ( talk) 01:49, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
Thank you very much. CWatchman ( talk) 13:09, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
The word "volcano" occurs five times in this article, suggesting that Mount Sinai was a volcano. Other references refer to it as being a "thunderstorm" or a "wind being funneled down the Siq."
You say that, "claims such as the suggestion that Jebel Musa might be a conductor of plasma phenomenon certainly have no place here" and yet the very same paragraph about the wind being funneled down the siq says "The dramatic biblical descriptions of devouring fire on the summit,would fit with the fact that there have been many reports and sightings of plasma phenomena at al-Madhbah over the centuries; the pre-requisite that storm conditions exist before plasma phenomena usually occur would fit with the storm-like biblical description of thunder, lightning, and a thick cloud." So what you say I should not suggest for Jebel Musa has already been suggested for al-Madhbah.
Jebel Musa has been rejected in other articles because it was never a volcano. Even this article several times suggests Mount Sinai as a volcano. What I added demonstrated that Jebel Musa ALSO has been suggested by others as experiencing plasma phenomenon. In other words, al-Madhbah is not the only place this phenomenon has been reported.
Personally I am not "suggesting" Jebel Musa as plasma phenomenon because I personally believe it was not, but that it was a spiritual reality.
But if we are going to site what critics suggest such as "volcanos" and "plasma" and "thunderstorms" for the relatively NEW contenders for Mount Sinai, let's be fair and show the old traditional one has just as many claims as the others.
When I read this article it seemed lopsided. It seemed to tell me why the southern Jebel Musa was NOT Mount Sinai and why the NEW contenders just MIGHT BE Mount Sinai. All negatives for the traditional Jebel Musa and mostly all positives for the new fringe theories. CWatchman ( talk) 13:07, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
Having removed the bit about plasma added by a fringe editor several years ago, I want to raise the question about how to treat the other fringe material in the article. Dougweller ( talk) 15:51, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
Maybe we are using the word "fringe theory" a bit loosely. After all, unless you are a "believer" the whole article is based on a myth and any new discoveries about the location of the myth could be considered frivolous. However, as a believer I believe there was a physical Mount Sinai and I find more credence in the traditional location which has been the accepted view of centuries of scholars. But I think that other theories and locations should also be explored. I am not so much concerned about being too liberal about fringe theories as I am about being too conservative. This is a very exploratory subject. CWatchman ( talk) 17:57, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
When I first read the article I felt I was reading an article which was saying: "Mount Sinai cannot be in the southern Sinai Peninsula but it seems like it might be in these other locations."
CWatchman (
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18:11, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
This article needs a serious rewrite overhaul. To be a separate article from Mount Sinai it needs to contain significantly different material.
I would suggest the following:
CWatchman ( talk) 23:26, 14 May 2014 (UTC)
Numbers 3 and 4 are ALREADY in the article. My only additions to these were that number 4 have a “REASONABLE” list and number 4 include “INTELLIGENT RESEARCH MATERIAL” of pros and cons.
If a reasonable list of contenders backed by intelligent research material are added to the article then in number 5 each should be given equal space. As it is right now the most significant contender is given ZERO space to scholarship which has investigated the southern Sinai Peninsula (the Jebul Musa/es Susafeh/Jebel Katrina peaks) but provides questionable resources for the new contenders.
Again this article seems to be saying: "Mount Sinai cannot be in the southern Sinai Peninsula but it seems like it might be in these other locations."
A plethora of both ancient and modern scholars have placed Mount Sinai in the Southern Sinai Peninsula. It is the new theories that are coming out that has pushed the traditional one in the background. CWatchman ( talk) 17:08, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
'Intelligent scholarship' is simply a shorter way of saying 'academic and peer-reviewed publications.' Again this article gives space to the new contenders citing new theories and speculative ideas but when it comes to the traditional contender all it cites is it's Christian history.
None of the new contenders have a single shred more evidence of being the original site than the traditional one does. CWatchman ( talk) 15:14, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
Perhaps I am misunderstanding what you are saying but it seems you may have the Mount Sinai of the Bible and the Mount Ararat of the Bible confused. The Mountain Moses ascended is not the same mountain which Noah rested upon. CWatchman ( talk) 17:12, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
I had quite a bit of material I added to the Southern Peninsula section which was deleted because I had the same material (although in a more opinionated form) posted in one of my personal blogs. From what I understand in order to use my own material in a Wikipedia article I must add the following to my blog: The text of this website [or this page, or this section] is available for modification and reuse under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License and the GNU Free Documentation License (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover text).
I intend to revise and condensed that material and resubmit it a little at a time while discussing the article in this talk page. I think for starters I will submit a condensed version of the first paragraph which stated the findings by Graham Davies of Cambridge University. CWatchman ( talk) 17:26, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for researching this. As you state, Jebel Musa is usually given 3/4 the space of all the other contenders. I once made a list of the most seriously studied locations for the original Mount Sinai. I think they included Jebel Musa, Jebel Serbal, Jabal al-Lawz, Hala-'l Badr, Jebel Hellal, Jebel al-Madhbah, Har Karkom, Jebel Yeroham, Jebel Sinn Bishar and Hashem el-Tarif.
There can be some confusion when referring to the Mount Sinai of the southern peninsula. Some consider the whole mountain as Mount Sinai while others prefer to call just one of the peaks of the mountain "Mount Sinai." Mount Sina actually consists of three main peaks which are Jebul Musa, es Susafeh, and Jebel Katrina (Mount Catherine). Some think Moses communed with God on one peak and then went to the other peak to pronounce the laws he received to the children of Israel. I am among those who consider Jebel Musa, es Susafeh and Mount Catherine as simply being three peaks of Mount Sinai.
The main problem I first saw with the article was the fact that Jebel Musa/Katherine was treated as a Christian invention while the other sites were given space to serious consideration as being the original. Yet none of the others to date have any more claim to being the original than Jebel Musa/Katherine. There are those who have submitted serious scholarship to Jebel Musa but the new contenders have pushed the traditional one in the background. CWatchman ( talk) 23:17, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
I just found a reference in a very old Bible Dictionary which says that one of the contenders for Mount Sinai was "Mount Seir, on the edge of Arabah." An old photograph in this dictionary shows two views from "Mount Seir." One view from Mount Seir was "the theater at Petra, ancient Sela," and the other view showed "the great circular ceremonial court before the Temple of Ed Deir." Do you have any idea which mountain this is referring to? CWatchman ( talk) 17:14, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
There is a question I have posted all over the internet and to date not one person has been able to answer it: Is Eilat part of the Sinai mountain range? I do not mean politically but geographically. On the map it seems as though the physical Sinai mountain range ends in Eilat. Does anyone here know? Thank you. CWatchman ( talk) 06:19, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
Since there is such an extensive list of contenders for Mount Sinai would it be possible to make a section in the article for these contenders accompanied by a link to a website which has researched that location? It could provide valuable material for someone studying the subject. Instead of spending hours googling various contenders they would have them all in one place. We could give reasonable space to the major contenders and cite scholarly reliable sources which cover the pros and cons as to why each contender is considered, giving more space to the Jebel Musa location. Then we could briefly name the other less known contenders linking them to appropriate web sites or material. CWatchman ( talk) 09:03, 24 May 2014 (UTC)
I realize the location of Mount Seir is not known. That was not the question. The question was WHAT mountain is the author referring to which is "on the edge of Arabah" which from the top of it one would have a view of "the theater at Petra, ancient Sela" and another view of "the great circular ceremonial court before the Temple of Ed Deir."
Concerning adding a list of contenders for Mount Sinai we should consider gathering a brief list of all of the most important contenders which are significant viewpoints that have been published by reliable sources, excluding fringe and minority opinions. This would be simply a list which one could research. Those of the greatest consideration should be given more space with most space given to Mount Jebel which, as John Carter wrote above, is usually given 3/4 the space of all the other contenders in reliable sources.
Again, Is Eilat considered part of the geological Sinai mountain range?
Thanks. CWatchman ( talk) 00:29, 25 May 2014 (UTC)
Check the following link: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/dte/userfiles/images/Sinai-Peninsula(1).jpg Look far south in the Sinai Peninsula where the traditional Mount Sinai is. Now follow the Sinai mountain ridge on the far east side northward all the way up up Eilat. It seems to me by visibly looking at the map that Eilat is part of the mountain range. Yet I can find no references or verifiable sources which confirm this. CWatchman ( talk) 01:24, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
DELETED: Some material has been deleted from the Biblical Mount Sinai article which clarified two important statements made by ancient historian Josephus. (1) The general location where Mount Sinai was regarded to exist in his day (a mountain that lay between Egypt and Arabia) (2) That the mountain was "the highest of all mountains" in that area.
Also deleted was the fact that Mount Sinai is not one peak but a series of peaks (which the average person is not aware of) and Etheria's confirmation that it appears as one mountain but actually contains several peaks when entered.
The average reader misreads Josephus as referring to Mount Catherine when he was more than likely referring to "Mount Sinai" as a whole.
Mount Katherine and Jebel Musa are both much higher than any mountains in the Sinaitic desert, or in all of Midian.
The above facts contribute reason for consideration of the traditional Mount Sinai as a suggested location for the alleged original.
When I first came upon this article it gave great weight to fringe theory locations and gave space to wild theories of plasma phenomena, etc. When I first read the article I felt I was reading an article which was saying: "Mount Sinai cannot be in the southern Sinai Peninsula but it seems like it might be in these other locations." The traditional site has for decades been broadly supported by scholarship and meets the test of notability but undue weight was given to newer, untested ideas. CWatchman ( talk) 18:23, 31 May 2014 (UTC)
I should have posted here, sorry. We should always use the original source when we can. We certainly shouldn't use a site that links God with UFOs as biblepro.com does, or the other fringe site Baseinstitute. I gave the editor the actual source [8] which would allow both verification that the text is accurate and any enhancement etc needed. Doug Weller talk 08:28, 1 April 2016 (UTC)
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