People have even been imprisoned for mispronouncing the name of their prophet, Muhammad. Religious police enforce stringent dress codes. Women are not allowed to drive cars in Saudi Arabia. Not one church, not even a synagogue, is allowed in all of Saudi Arabia. They were well aware that Saudi Arabia is one of the most politically oppressive nations on earth. It was to reach this forbidden, politically explosive archaeological site that galvanised Robert and Larry to embark on their mission to Saudi Arabia. Jabal al-Lawz was situated in the middle of a Saudi military reservation, fenced in by chain link and barbed wire fence. Fasold and Wyatt had written to Jim Irwin of the High Flight Foundation in the hope that an astronaut of Irwin’s stature might be able to gain official clearance to mount an exploration of the peak. In 1984, Ron Wyatt and his sons had been detained and interrogated for 75 days after exploring Jabal al-Lawz. Unfortunately, Fasold was arrested by Saudi police and spent a terrifying week in jail being charged by the king’s prosecutor with “robbing Saudi Arabia of its wealth from antiquity.” He was stripped of all his film, video footage, notes and other evidence that he had accumulated to authenticate his find. They had reports from David Fasold, and Ron Wyatt who claimed to have scouted Jabal al-Lawz, which bore all the distinctive marks of the real Mount Sinai. Therefore the BASE explorers were determined to search for it in Saudi Arabia. However, the Bible clearly states that Mount Sinai is in Arabia (Gal 4:25).
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Catherine’s Monastery is the most popular, but it is not based on any archaeological research, but rather the vision of a mystic. There are actually eight mountain peaks which have been proposed as the site of the real Mount Sinai. If one looks closer at most of those maps though, you will see some question marks.
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Why would anyone look for Mount Sinai in Saudi Arabia? Most modern maps in Bible dictionaries and commentaries identify a location in the Sinai Peninsula. Inspired by American astronaut Jim Irwin and satellite photographs, former police investigator and SWAT team member, Robert Cornuke of Bible Archaeology Search and Exploration Institute (BASE) and Larry Williams headed off to Saudi Arabia to find the evidence. ‘In Search of the Mountain of God’ is the gripping true story of the adventures of explorers on a quest to find the real Mount Sinai. At Mount Sinai, 3500 years ago, Almighty God made a Covenant with His people Israel, and presented them with the standards which became the foundations for all law in Western civilisation. Mount Sinai is where God reached down and, with His own finger, wrote the Ten Commandments on tablets of stone. On the trail of truth people want to touch history. Martin James McGrath Morris Sarit Packer and Itamar Srulovich of Honey & Co.The Mountain of God: The Discovery of the Real Mt Sinai Margaret Atwood Freddie Bitsoie Sandra Cisneros Lynn Cline William deBuys Ashley Ford John Grisham Roshi Joan Halifax Joy Harjo Anne Hillerman Cheryl Alters Jamison Craig Johnson Asma Khan Phil Klay Jon Krakauer Valeria Luiselli Deborah Madison Emily St. Purchase your books by festival authors directly from CW below: So if you missed the festival but are looking for a signed copy of one of their books, please call us or come in to browse. Bestselling, prizewinning authors and literary legends like Margaret Atwood, Joy Harjo, Colson Whitehead, Sandra Cisneros, Jon Krakauer, amongst others, spent time in our mini-bookstore in the lobby of the Convention Center and signed hundreds of books, which we now have in stock. The Inaugural Santa Fe Literary Festival was a huge success!Ĭollected Works was very proud to have been on-site all weekend as the official bookstore of the Santa Fe Festival.