Rain in the Desert - The BAS Library

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Rain rarely falls in the desert regions of Israel—that is a commonplace assumption. The Sinai, Negev and the Judean wilderness are so dry that inscriptional materials, such as scrolls, have survived for millennia.

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Footnotes

“Wadi,” the Arab equivalent of the Hebrew term “nahal” is also rendered as “arroyo” in North America. These terms all refer to the kind of dry riverbed or small river commonly found in desert regions.