Horeb is a common name for the mountain in the Bible and yet is far less known than Sinai. The name Sinai is used throughout Exodus and occurs in Leviticus and Numbers, although Horeb is absent ...

“Where is Mount Sinai? ... and came to Horeb, the Mountain of G-d.” The medieval commentators are in general agreement that the “Mountain of G-d” is Mount Sinai.

The Torah also makes several mentions of a mountain called Horeb, which the Talmud notes is Sinai’s true name. Exodus 3:1 refers to Horeb as the “mountain of God,” an appellation also used ...

The Greek Orthodox Monastery of St. Catherine on the Sinai Peninsula, some 240 miles from Cairo, Egypt. AP Photo/Enric Marti, File. The existence of Mount Sinai is likely a legendary myth that is ...

In the Bible, Sinai is also described as a desert or wilderness, which supports the widespread belief that the mountain was located in the Sinai desert, part of present-day Egypt.