Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 11:39:58 -0500
From: thaughey <thaughey at acnet.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Well of Miriam
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

The concept of a moving well is extra biblical.  There were, however,
trade routes through the wilderness and wells along those routes.  There
was one miracle where Moses struck a rock and water gushed out.  There
is also moisture in manna and quailes which are mentioned.  Morning dew
is mentioned, so there is at least some moisture available.  There's a
cactus with fruit (nopalitos) which has an inside very much like
watermellon.  Some sections of the wilderness may have been forested in
that era.  --Tom Haughey

Madeleine Yeh wrote:

>On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 23:42:08 -0400 (EDT)
>  "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net> wrote:
>......
>
>>Bible
>>literalism.  There is at least one creationist Jew:  New
>>York fan Zev
>>Sero.  Someone objected that the miraculous moving Well
>>of Miriam that
>>kept the 2 million Israelites well watered during their
>>forty years
>>
>
>    I don't remember hearing about the Well of Miriam.
>What is it and what did it do?
>