Other Theories
See also: Thera eruption and its association with the ExodusA 2006 documentary film by Simcha Jacobovici, The Exodus Decoded, suggests that the Santorini Island volcanic eruption (c. 1623 BC, +/-25) caused all the biblical plagues described against Egypt, re-dating the eruption to c. 1500 BC. Rather than crossing the Red Sea, Jacobovici argued a marshy area in northern Egypt known as the "Reed Sea" would have been alternately drained and flooded by tsunamis caused by the caldera collapse, and could have been crossed during the Exodus. The Exodus Decoded have been criticized by scientists and religious scholars.
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