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The Crossing of the Red Sea, by Nicolas Poussin (1633–34). The Crossing of the Red Sea or Parting of the Red Sea (Hebrew: קריעת ים סוף, romanized: Kriat Yam Suph, lit. "parting of the sea of reeds") [1] is an episode in The Exodus, a foundational story in the Hebrew Bible.
The Crossing of the Red Sea was acquired by Kenneth Clark for the National Gallery of Victoria in 1948 [2] [3] using money from the Felton Bequest, a fund originally left to the gallery in 1904 by the industrialist Alfred Felton. [4] In 2011 it underwent a major conservation project. [5]
The Crossing of the Red Sea is a fresco executed in 1481–1482 and located in the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City. Of uncertain attribution, it has been assigned to Cosimo Rosselli . It depicts the crossing of the Red Sea by the Israelites, from chapter 14 of the book of Exodus .
According to the Book of Exodus, the staff (Hebrew: מַטֶּה, romanized: maṭṭe, translated "rod" in the King James Bible) was used to produce water from a rock, was transformed into a snake and back, and was used at the parting of the Red Sea. [1]
Attacks by Iran-backed militants in the Red Sea have effectively closed one of the world’s main trade routes to most container ships — vessels that carry everything from car parts to Crocs ...
Recent developments in the Red Sea and surrounding waterways suggest that the threat to international shipping from Yemen's Houthis is growing, U.N. Special Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg told the ...
In the Exodus narrative, Yam Suph (Hebrew: יַם-סוּף, romanized: Yam-Sup̄, lit. 'Reed Sea') or Red Sea, sometimes translated as Sea of Reeds, is the body of water which the Israelites are said to have crossed in the story of their exodus from Egypt.
“The Red Sea Listed Area has been extended by 3 degrees north to factor in missile range from Yemen, reflecting a dynamic and evolving situation where ship owners have already shown their ...