Criticisms
The hypothesis that this mountain is the original Mount Sinai has faced criticism. Some of the arguments against the proposal that Hashem el-Tarif is Mount Sinai are as follows:
- There is no mention in history of Hashem el-Tarif, nor any well-known local tradition pointing to it as Mount Sinai.
- Neither Rabbinic-era Jewish tradition, nor 3rd Century Christian traditions recognize a particular mountain as Mount Sinai.
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