(December 6, 2012 at 4:00 pm)Minimalist Wrote: The only problem with some of this is that there are no active volcanos in Canaan or Egypt.
There are some in Saudi Arabia which lends some credence to the idea that Yah was imported into Canaan from the south. IIRC there is an Egyptian inscription which indicates something about this from the New Kingdom period.
Note you said 'Active' volcanos, the volcano could be dormant or extinct Edinburgh has an extinct volcano next to it.
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