Were Moses and Aaron the First Bioterrorists?

Authors: Bullock JD*

Volume 4, Issue 3

Abstract

The exodus of the Israelite slaves from Egypt was a momentous event in religious history. The Pharaoh had refused to free them until a series of ten plagues occurred. During the fifth plague, death of livestock resulted and during the sixth, boils appeared upon humans and animals. Anthrax was the most likely cause of both. The carcasses of the animals that died during the fifth plague were probably incinerated in a furnace with resultant ashes which would have contained countless heat resistant anthrax spores. Exodus 9:9 says: "And it (the anthrax contaminated ashes) shall become dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains (sores) upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt" Cutaneous anthrax is a "boil-like" lesion that ruptures ("breaks forth") into an ulcer ("sore"), affecting humans and animals. This study suggests a novel interrelationship and transmission mechanism between the two plagues.

Keywords: Male babies; Pharaoh; Nile River; Moses; Anthrax; Ten Plagues of Egypt

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