Possible Routes of the Exodus and Locations of Mount Sinai

Biblical Period

Map of Egypt and Middle East.

Possible routes of the Exodus and locations of Mount Sinai. The map is based on three current scholarly theories. 

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Map by Bill Nelson.

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 1.

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