The crossing of the Red Sea is a supernatural phenomenon that incorporates a natural component - the miracle is in the timing.' In the biblical account, after the seven plagues of Egypt ...

The biblical account is detailed in the Book ... Historical accounts support the possibility of crossing the Red Sea on foot. In 1789, Napoleon Bonaparte led a small group of soldiers on horseback ...

THE CROSSING of the Red Sea, by Nicolas Poussin, 1633–34. ‘What made it miraculous is that it happened just there, just then, when the Israelites seemed trapped.’ (credit: Wikimedia Commons ...