Abstract
The ten Plagues of Egypt described in the Bible were central to the liberation of the Jewish people from the oppression of the Egyptians. The succession of disasters demoralised the Egyptians and were seen as a victory for Jewish monotheistic beliefs. In this essay, natural explanations for most of the Plagues are proposed and a chronology of events is provided. Could the mythological explanation of these arguably natural phenomena still have a profound influence on the modern world?
Keywords
natural causes, plagues, biblical history
How to Cite
Wotton, R., (2007) “The Ten Plagues of Egypt”, Opticon1826 3.
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