Toward the Promised Land: Forty Years in the Desert. The Sinai Desert. In the concluding chapter of "Walking the Bible," Bruce Feiler follows the Israelite's 40 year trek through what the Bible calls a "great and terrible wilderness." Feiler experiences the stark reality of the Sinai desert where it's a struggle simply to survive. He finds the locations said to be where God provided water and food for the Israelites-and discovers the secret of the tamarisk tree, which secrets a sweet, honey-like substance called "manna." Feiler travels to the "lost city" of Petra in Jordan where the Israelites may have lived for many years. At the end of his own journey, Feiler realizes that although Moses is denied entrance himself, it is not the land after all that is important for Moses. It is his meeting with God.
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