Mount Sinai, like Mount Ararat, held sacred significance to ancient cultures such as the Assyrians and Hebrews. [1]
Egyptians worked iron ores from Mount Sinai, greatly enhancing their metalworking skill with the expertise of Andite artisans from the Euphrates valley. [2] Moses' advanced ceremonial worship and followers were kept intact by the violent eruption of Horeb during their sojourn at Mount Sinai. [3] Mount Sinai's intermittent volcanic activity up to 2000 B.C. awed the Bedouins and inspired the Hebrew Semites to worship Yahweh. [4]
The evolution of religious concepts, from Mount Horeb to Mount Sinai, shaped the perception of deity for the Hebrew Semites and enlightened Christians alike. [5] The Ten Commandments were promulgated at Mount Sinai by Moses in the name of Yahweh, the god of the Hebrews. [6]