Instead of translating the Hebrew phrase literally, they offered this historical identification as their interpretation of the text. When the Bible indicated the Israelites crossed a significant body of water on Egypt’s eastern border, the LXX translators connected it with the body of water they knew as the Red Sea. While we do not know their reasoning, they gave yam suph a historicized interpretation, based on their understanding of the region at the time (Kitchen 2003: 262 Hoffmeier 1996: 206 2005: 81). Unfortunately, “Red Sea” was not a translation at all, and the LXX translators understood that. The Latin Vulgate followed their lead with mari Rubro (“Red Sea”) and most English versions continued that tradition. Called the Septuagint (abbreviated as LXX), its translators made yam suph (“Sea of Reeds”) into eruthrá thálassē (“Red Sea”). The “Red Sea” phrase came into the account with the third century BC translation of the Old Testament into Greek. Unfortunately, yam suph has been rendered “Red Sea” in nearly all of our translations, the Jerusalem Bible and the New Jewish Publication Society Hebrew Bible being notable exceptions. It may come as a surprise to many students of the Bible that in the original Hebrew text the body of water the Israelites crossed when leaving Egypt is called yam suph, “Sea of Reeds,” not Red Sea (Ex 15:4, 22 Dt 11:4 Jos 2:10 4:23 24:6 Neh 9:9 Ps 106:7, 9, 33 136:13, 15). This article was first published in the Winter 2006 issue of Bible and Spade. Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Chronologies.People, Places, and Things in the New Testament.People, Places, and Things in the Hebrew Bible.Inspiration, Authority, Biblical Criticism and the Documentary Hypothesis.Ancient Manuscripts, Translations, and Texts.Amazing Discoveries in Biblical Archaeology.Life & Ministry of Jesus & the Apostles.In February 1818 Keats, Leigh Hunt, and Shelley, undertook to write a sonnet each upon the river Nile. "Notes and Queries, Number 238, May 20, 1854" by Various "Maids Wives and Bachelors" by Amelia Edith Huddleston BarrĪnd he goes back as far as Spenser to find an instance of its use, as applied to the banks of the river Nile. Pharoah's daughter found him in the river Nile. Then she wrapped her baby carefully and laid him in the little boat, and set it among the reeds at the edge of the river Nile. "Khartoum Campaign, 1898" by Bennet Burleigh South of Omdurman, the river still being in full flood, the Nile had overspread the low banks for miles. This will link the Congo River and the Nile. "A Book of Discovery" by Margaret Bertha (M. One part he calls Europe, the other Asia, in which he includes Africa bounded by the river Nile. The river Nile was an object of idolatrous worship for ages. "The Egyptian Cat Mystery" by Harold Leland Goodwin In the distance he could see the valley of the Nile River, a great green swath which cut through the tan desert wastes. "Birdseye Views of Far Lands" by James T. This river is more like the Nile in Egypt than any other river known. Though it isn't the Nile - which is more than 20 times as long - the mighty river provides further evidence that this odd little moon is a wet world not unlike our own. "The percentage of mosquitoes that we saw this summer that were of the species that spread West Nile or spread disease were much higher than normal," explained Zane McCallister, district manager for the Grand River Mosquito Control District. Īt least three people were killed as Egyptian troops clashed with protesters Sunday in Cairo in a dispute over a plot of land on an island in the Nile River. Įgypt and Ethiopia used to be at odds over shared usage of the Nile River's water resources, but Egypt's new leadership seems to prefer cooperation. 'Nile river' discovered on Saturn moon Titan. ' Nile river' discovered on Saturn moon Titan - first river on another planet. ĭue to a recent West Nile virus alert by the Indian River County Emergency Management, the Source is in need of mosquito repellent. Įgypt has long held unrivaled "historic rights" over nearly all of the Nile River 's resources. With Nile River only miles away, Ethiopia's farmers struggle for water. įranaschouk is the daughter of Rebekah Niles and David Niles, both of Elk River. This image dramatically illustrates the fact that around 97 percent of Egypt's population occupies the 5 percent of land around the Nile River and its delta.
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