the Israelites, led by Joshua, stood on the eastern bank of the Jordan River, poised to enter the land of Canaan. Mirroring the miraculous crossing of the Red Sea led by Moses, Joshua ordered the ...

The professor was giving a lecture on Exodus (my favorite book) and the Israelites’ crossing of the Red Sea. “Oh, by the way,” he said in passing, “the Red Sea is probably better interpreted as ‘Sea ...