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I find these plants very curious and I'd love to give it a try. I came across only 3 varieties or cultivars: D. Besides Rubus sanctus and Dictamnus albus , there are numerous other plants that have gotten the name Burning Bush. Plants in the genres of Euonymus , Bassia , and Combretum are some of those included. However, these plants are named so because of their brilliant fall coloring. Moses and the Burning Bush 1 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
Exodus NIV. There have been multiple speculative theories that may reconcile the Biblical account with the scientific data. Whittaker theorizes that the fiery phenomenon may have consumed the granite rocks at the top of the peak, resulting in the black basalt dike protruding through the granite to the top as seen today. In such a scenario, the intense heat would turn the granite into a molten substance and then consume it.
The granite would act as a buffer to the basalt, slowing its metamorphosis in a process known as a thermal gradient. If the heat source suddenly disappeared as the Biblical account suggests, the unconsumed granite would cool rapidly and could create the obsidian rind seen today. As mentioned before, obsidian is created when an igneous rock is impacted by extreme heat and then rapidly cools.
One professor interviewed by Whittaker was surprised by the granite. He said that it is uncommon for the granite to metamorphose into having a black and shiny exterior like cultured glass, but to still have the pinkish granite on the inside. However, obsidian has a glassy texture.
The difficulty in testing the theory is that it is not known how much granite was originally above the basalt dike, so it cannot be determined whether granite has disappeared and if so, how much or what the cause was. According to this idea, the extreme heat source could have consumed some of the granite as described above.
The remaining, lighter-colored granite would be weakened by the episode and become more susceptible to the chemical weathering that naturally occurs over the years. This could theoretically account for the mixture of greenstone and granite and the fragility of the granite that makes it so breakable. One professor interviewed by Dr. Whittaker suggested that the dark rind is not obsidian and is a feature that can be created by natural chemical weathering of granite.
The problem with that suggestion is that it does not explain why the inevitable weathering process would only impact that peak and not the entire area experiencing the same conditions.
Whittaker suggests that the Biblical phenomenon may have impacted the peak, therefore altering its weathering process. It is sometimes suggested that the Biblical phenomenon could be responsible for the metamorphic process seen in the rocks. Metamorphic rock is created when igneous rock is affected by extreme heat and pressure and then fuses with other types of minerals. In other words, the lighter rock was not metamorphosed into the dark rock that is in question.
This discussion raises the question of whether the real Mount Sinai even necessarily needs to have a blackened peak, or evidence of the fiery Biblical phenomenon described in Exodus. The clearest example is that of the Burning Bush, where the book of Exodus says that God spoke to Moses through a bush near Mount Sinai that appeared to be on fire but was not consumed by the flame. They can also point to the fact that Moses was able to get close to the fire and talk to God, something that is difficult to explain if it was a literal fire with intense heat and smoke.
A very literal reading of the text favors the existence of an intense flame, as Exodus describes a massive smoke ascending upwards from the mountain as a result of the flame. Although the Biblical record describes non-literal fires, there are supernatural occurrences with literal fires described. For example, 1 Kings details how God manifested a literal fire on Mount Carmel to assist the Prophet Elijah that even consumed the altar stones. Whittaker points out that we may be overestimating the amount of evidence that the fiery phenomenon would leave behind.
This is especially true if it was a literal fire that had supernatural or uncommon characteristics along with it. Exodus indicates that God came down onto Mount Sinai as a fire and invited Moses up to speak with him on the third day at the mountain. The other interactions do not explicitly describe a literal fire. It is possible that the literal fire happened only once and it may have been for a relatively brief period of time.
There are multiple competing theories, each with points of merit. However, until samples of the rock can be taken and tested in a lab, we will have to accept that there are multiple possibilities.
To conclude, we will quote Dr. Charles Whittaker, whose thesis included a robust review of the different considerations and opinions on this topic. From page The fact of such isolated weathering on just one peak on the granite rocks, fosters questions that may only be answered by an on-sight analysis. However, it may be concluded that one might explain this feature as a natural phenomenon.
But want to remark on few general things, The website style is perfect, the articles is really nice : D. But he believes that the evidence strongly suggests that eyewitness material might have come from Moses himself. As with other writers, he proposes a series of possible natural causes to explain events the Bible attributes to miracles, such as the 10 plagues and the crossing of the Red Sea.
Some argue that such explanations undercut the idea of miracles. Humphreys disagrees. He believes that nature produced the occurrences with just the right timing, and Israel, reasonably enough, regarded this as miraculous. All Sections. About Us. B2B Publishing. Business Visionaries.
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