So I am watching some latter day remake of the Ten COmmandments: Exodus: Gods and Kings
It is a grittier version of the same old story, and we are just coming to the part where they have to cross the sea, and Moses splits the waters.
I read the various arguments for historical accuracy, and one common theme is the eruption of a volcano in the Mediterranean caused a tsunami which drew back the waters before crashing them back onto the hapless Pharoah Phorces. But as far as I know, the bible calls it the Sea of Reeds, while common parlance is it was the Red Sea. Gulf of Suez. But whatever we call it, wasn't it on the south side of the Sinai? Or the Suez or whatever we call that strip? And if so, how would wave action in the Mediterranean have any effect at all on waters on that side? Or am I confused?