Sinai wilderness complex

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biblical-geographical region desert region

The Sinai wilderness complex is a biblical-geographical region encompassing several interconnected desert areas, traditionally associated with the Israelites’ wanderings after the Exodus.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sinai wilderness	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical-geographical region ⓘ desert region ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Exodus from Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Israelites’ wilderness wanderings ⓘ
associatedWithFigure	Israelites NERFINISHED ⓘ Moses NERFINISHED ⓘ Yahweh NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy	arid climate ⓘ rocky and sandy terrain ⓘ sparse vegetation ⓘ
conceptualizedAs	network of interconnected wilderness zones ⓘ
containsSiteTraditionallyIdentifiedAs	Mount Sinai NERFINISHED ⓘ
durationOfWanderingsTradition	forty years ⓘ
hasPart	Wilderness of Etham NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilderness of Paran NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilderness of Shur NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilderness of Sin NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilderness of Sinai NERFINISHED ⓘ Wilderness of Zin NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasThematicRole	place of testing for Israel ⓘ setting of covenant at Sinai ⓘ setting of giving of the Law ⓘ
hasUncertainBoundaries	true ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources	Biblical Hebrew NERFINISHED ⓘ Koine Greek NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn	Book of Exodus NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Numbers NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible
relatedConcept	Desert of the Exodus NERFINISHED ⓘ Route of the Exodus NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
routeAssociatedWith	alternative northern Sinai Exodus route ⓘ northwest Arabia Exodus hypotheses ⓘ traditional southern Sinai Exodus route ⓘ
significance	central to Exodus narrative ⓘ symbol of divine guidance and testing ⓘ
subjectOf	archaeological debates about route of Exodus ⓘ biblical geography studies ⓘ historical Exodus research ⓘ
symbolismInReligiousThought	journey of faith ⓘ spiritual purification ⓘ
timePeriodAssociated	Late Bronze Age (traditional biblical chronology) NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionallyLocatedIn	Sinai Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ northwestern Arabian desert region ⓘ
traditionallyTraversedBy	Israelite tribes NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

wilderness of Paran → associatedWith → Sinai wilderness complex ⓘ

Hobab (in some traditions or identifications) → geographicContext → Sinai wilderness complex ⓘ

subject surface form: Hobab

this entity surface form: Sinai wilderness