Possible Routes of the Exodus and Locations of Mount Sinai
Possible routes of the Exodus and locations of Mount Sinai. The map is based on three current scholarly theories.
Credits
Map by Bill Nelson.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 1.
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