Talk:Jabal al-Lawz
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[edit] First hand knowledge?
this page says that the individuals who support this mountain as the biblical Mt. Sinai have "first hand knowledge". First hand knowledge of what? The mountain? The biblical story? I don't think anyone alive today claims they were there when Moses got the 10 commandments so I don't think "first hand knowledge" is really apt. I removed it. Michael.passman 19:00, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Almonds?
Item 14: 14. Has a large olive tree (Aaron's staff sprouted almonds) Since when do olive trees produce almonds..? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 193.17.206.5 (talk) 16:08, 14 December 2006 (UTC).
When providing evidence, more is sometimes less. So there's a very old bush on the mountain. Two-thousand years old? That's still 1500 years after Moses. Besides, although I must confess to not knowing the area at all (beyond Google Earth), I can see that whole area, from S. Arabia to the Red Sea, is full of mountains. So it's hard to believe that that was the only bush around 3500 years ago.
Another thing. Almonds. What's the connection beyond the coincidence of species?
As I said, more is less. Those two arguments should be removed.
Besides that, the possibility is indeed very interesting.
