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Matan Torah מתן תורה
In the third month after the Exodus, Israel camped as one before Mount Sinai, and amid fire, cloud, and the sound of the shofar, God spoke the Aseret HaDibrot to the entire nation. This is the founding moment of the mesorah — everything this atlas traces, every chain of teacher and student across three millennia, runs back to this mountain.
I. Who
- Hebrew
- מתן תורה
- Also known as
- Giving of the Torah, Revelation at Sinai
- Era
- bible
II. When
- Traditional
- 6 Sivan 2448 AM
- Date range
- 1313 BCE (traditional)
- Precision
- exact
V. How do we know
| Claim | Evidence | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| In the third month after leaving Egypt, Israel encamped opposite Mount Sinai; God descended upon the mountain in fire and spoke the Aseret HaDibrot, beginning "I am HaShem your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt."
Confidence is for what the biblical text states. |
biblical | ★★★★★ | |
| Traditional dating 2448 AM — the year of the Exodus itself, fifty days after leaving Egypt — per the Seder Olam chronology, which works through the wilderness timeline month by month.
Schematic traditional dating. The atlas positions all pre-monarchic events by traditional chronology only.
|
tradition | ★★★☆☆ | |
| There is no scholarly consensus dating the events at Sinai and no direct external attestation; academic discussion centers on the literary and cultural context of the Exodus narratives.
Stated as the scholarly situation, mirroring the atlas's treatment of Moshe (Moshe). |
reconstruction | ★★★★★ |