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Article: SOLVED: THE MOSES MYSTERY; Plagues. Rivers of blood. The parting of the Red Sea. A new book says the most awesome Old Testament story of all really could be true...
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- Daily Mail (London)
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- December 14, 2002
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Byline: PETER LEWIS
THIS IS perhaps the most dramatic and supernatural adventure in the Bible - the story of Moses and how he led the Jews from Egypt to the Promised Land.
But can this heroic story with so many miraculous events have been lived by a real man? Or is Moses a fiction, to whom is ascribed a collection of legends exaggerated by oral tradition?
In a challenging and controversial new book, we are informed that many parts of the story do indeed concern real people and events including the terrifying plagues that afflicted Egypt at Moses's command and the legendary parting of the Red Sea.
After marshalling the latest ...