>The National Geographic is reporting that the level of water in the Dead Sea is dropping fast and it may turn into a large lake within 50 years.
The Dead Sea is the lowest place on earth, about 1280 feet below sea level. However, in the last 40 years it has dropped more than 80 feet and it continues to drop about 1 meter per year.
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Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary
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I am Emeritus Professor of Old Testament at Northern Baptist Seminary. I was born in Brazil. I graduated from California Baptist College, Golden Gate Baptist Seminary, The Southern Baptist Seminary, and have done additional graduate work at the Graduate Theological Union. I have pastored churches in California, Kentucky, Missouri and Illinois. I have published more than 200 articles and book reviews in English, Spanish, and Russian. My academic works have been published in The Anchor Bible Dictionary, The Mercer Dictionary of the Bible, The Holman Bible Dictionary, Jewish Bible Quarterly, Perspective in Religious Studies, The Expository Times, Biblical Illustrator, Old Testament Abstracts, Catholic Biblical Quarterly, The Journal of Biblical Literature, and Biblical Archaeologist.
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Dr. Claude Mariottini - Professor of Old Testament
>claude if you'll go herehttp://deadseachange.webs.com/map.htmlyou'll see that the dead sea has been, historically, much lower than it is now.the level fluctuates over time and is nothing unusual.
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>Jim,Thank you for this information. I wrote a post providing the readers the information you sent me.Claude Mariottini
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