ABSTRACT
The most common form of this form of catastrophe has been ‘the Plague’, referred to several times in the Bible; it was called shechin in classical Hebrew (see Hoenig, 1985 for the earliest known account of such diseases). In the Old as well as the New Testament, plagues appear, whether in the Book of Exodus, or the Book of Revelation. In Exodus [8:1] the threat of plague is used as a weapon of persuasion against the ancient Egyptians: ‘And the Lord spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my people go, that they may serve me.’ As the Pharaoh desists, the ‘Ten Plagues’ ensue – with the ultimate desired effect.
