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''In brief'': The Sinai Peninsula (in Arabic, شبه جزيرة سيناء) is a triangle-shaped peninsula lying between the Mediterranean Sea (to the north) and Red Sea (to the south). It is almost entirely desert.  
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{{summary | text=The Sinai Peninsula is a peninsula lying between the [[Mediterranean Sea]] (to the north) and [[Red Sea]] (to the south). It is almost entirely desert. Mount Sinai is the name of the mountain in Sinai where [[God]] gave the [[Ten Commandments]] to Moses. Since the time of [[Saint Helena]] it has been identified with Jabal Musa (or Gebel Musa), a mountain 2,285 meters high in the southern Sinai Peninsula.}}
Mount Sinai is the name of the mountain in Sinai where God gave the Ten Commandments to Moses. Since the time of Saint Helena it has been identified with Jabal Musa (or Gebel Musa), a mountain 2,285 meters high in the southern Sinai Peninsula.  
 
  
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[[Image:Mount_sinai.jpg|thumb|Sunrise at Mount Sinai]]
  
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[[Image:Mount_sinai.jpg|thumb|Sunrise at Mount Sinai]]
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'''Overviews'''
 
* [[About Sinai]]
 
* [[About Mount Sinai]]
 
 
* [[Bible Dictionary: Sinai]]
 
* [[Bible Dictionary: Sinai]]
* [[Bible Dictionary: Mount Sinai]]
 
 
 
[[Travel stories]]
 
* [[Mount Sinai: Extracts from a personal travellogue (G.G.)]]
 
 
 
'''Quotes'''
 
* [[Quotes about Sinai]]
 
 
 
'''See also'''
 
* [[The Ten Commandments]]
 
* [[Exodus]]
 
* [[Egypt]]
 
  
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* [[Saint Catherine's Monastery (Sinai)|Saint Catherine's Monastery]]
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* [[Ten Commandments]] | [[Exodus]]
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* {{travel}} -  [[Mount Sinai: Extracts from a personal travellogue (G.G.)|Extracts from a personal travellogue (G.G.)]]
  
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Revision as of 10:17, 1 August 2006

The Sinai Peninsula is a peninsula lying between the Mediterranean Sea (to the north) and Red Sea (to the south). It is almost entirely desert. Mount Sinai is the name of the mountain in Sinai where God gave the Ten Commandments to Moses. Since the time of Saint Helena it has been identified with Jabal Musa (or Gebel Musa), a mountain 2,285 meters high in the southern Sinai Peninsula. (Read more)




Sunrise at Mount Sinai

See Sinai (overview) for more information


See also


Related topics


Comments, Personal Articles, Studies and Sermons

Sinai (discussion) (For short comments and opinions)


For related quotations see Sinai (quotes)



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