Recent Reads {In Search of the Mountain of God}

In Search of the Mountain of God: The Discovery of the Real Mt Sinai by Robert Cornuke and David Halbrook - I think this may be the first book in which Cornuke shares his experiences in search of archeological evidence of Biblical events, and it's a real eye-opener. The quest begins with Cornuke joining a team looking for the place where the Israelites crossed the Red Sea during the Exodus, and the conclusion they come to is that the crossing was most likely to have taken place near the southeast corner of the Sinai peninsula, and that they crossed over to what is now Saudi Arabia. The next logical question then arises - then where is Mt Sinai? The traditional location is at St Catherine's in Egypt, but as the authors point out, there are some real problems reconciling the traditional locations with what the Bible says, and what would be logical. The book reads like an adventure novel, and my only complaint with it is that I think I would have personally preferred the search story set out chronologically instead. Cornuke presents a solid case for dismissing the traditional locations as erroneous, and considering the claims of the mountain he and partner Larry Williams explored in Saudi Arabia as being the REAL Mt Sinai. I highly recommend this book, and the DVD that was made several years later as it also features interviews with and photos from an American family that lived in Saudi Arabia and were able to get their photo-evidence out of the kingdom and share it with Cornuke and Williams.

I guess it's only fair to include this disclaimer: after reading the book and/or watching the DVD, the maps and Sunday School lessons that give the "traditional" route and locations will irritate you.  LOL  ;-)

Related DVD:  Mountain of Fire

By the same author:  In Search of the Lost Mountains of Noah