Was Moses at the parting of the Red Sea?

Answer 1

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If it really happened, the parting of the Red Sea can only be considered a miracle. It is such an improbable miracle that some Christian apologists have sought to explain that perhaps it was not the Red Sea but a lesser body of water, such as the Reed Sea, that Moses parted. This is unnecessary, since if God is able to perform miracles, he could surely perform great miracles.

As to whether the parting of the Red Sea really happened, over 90 per cent of scholars are reported to believe that the Exodus from Egypt never happened as described in The Bible. Without an Exodus, there was no parting of the Red Sea and therefore no miracle.

Answer 2

A:The Book of Exodus tells us that Moses parted the Red Sea, by holding his staff.

Since this question asks for a statement of historical fact, it is also necessary to point out that almost all scholars believe that the Exodus of Moses and the Israelites from Egypt never happened as described in the Bible. It is now well accepted that the Hebrew people were actually Canaanites who migrated from the region of the rich coastal cities and settled peacefully in the hitherto sparsely populated hinterland. Moses was a mythical person and the stories of overcoming great challenges and of a glorious conquest only arose after the Hebrews had forgotten their real origins. On this view, the Red Sea was not parted and so Moses was not there.

Another Answer:

Most certainly as he was the leader of the Children of Israel appointed by God.

There are many pro vs con thoughts about this event and only more recently are many beginning to look in the proper time period - circa 1446 BC - and the proper location - Red Sea vs Sea of Reeds. Biblical historian Eugene Merrill says, "The crossing of Israel, which immediately preceded the drowning of the Egyptian chariotry, cannot be explained as a wading through a swamp. It required a mighty act of God, an act so significant in both scope and meaning that forever after in Israel's history it was the paradigm against which all of his redemptive and saving work was measured. If there was no actual miracle of the proportions described, all subsequent references to the exodus as the archetype of the sovereign power and salvific grace of God is hollow and empty" (Kingdom of Priests, p. 66).

Exodus 14:21-23New King James Version (NKJV)

21 Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea into dry land, and the waters were divided. 22 So the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea on the dry ground, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. 23 And the Egyptians pursued and went after them into the midst of the sea, all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.