The Nile as a Sacred Cord: Interrogating the Egypt-Ethiopia-Israel Triangle through Biblical Narrative, Stellar Hydrology, and Geopolitical Ontology
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The historical and geopolitical entanglement of Egypt, Ethiopia, and Israel presents a persistent puzzle in interdisciplinary scholarship. While these nations have been studied independently within Egyptology, Ethiopian Studies, and Biblical Archaeology, their ontological unity has remained underexamined. The Nile River, flowing from the Ethiopian Highlands through Egypt, serves as a literal and metaphorical "sacred cord" binding these three nations together. This paper proposes a new hermeneutical framework; the "Sacred Cord" paradigm for understanding the Egypt-Ethiopia-Israel triangle through biblical narrative, stellar hydrology, and geopolitical ontology. The study employs an interdisciplinary methodology integrating biblical exegesis, historical geography, archaeoastronomy, and political theology. Primary sources include the Masoretic Text, Septuagint, Ethiopian Orthodox traditions (Kebra Nagast), and contemporary geopolitical analyses. The biblical narratives of Moses' Cushite marriage, Solomon's Egyptian alliance, and the Holy Family's flight to Lake Tana constitute a coherent theological-hydrographical ontology. This ontology finds empirical validation in the annual rising of Sirius over Ethiopia and the subsequent flooding of the Nile, and modern political urgency in the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) dispute. The triangle reflects God's inclusive, Trinitarian, and covenantal character, challenging ethnic pride and offering a theology of mutual dependency. The Nile is not a resource to be monopolized but a "living covenant" between nations. The "Sacred Cord" model offers a theological foundation for equitable water sharing, suggesting that a "Nile Compact" inspired by biblical visions of mutual blessing could facilitate cooperation over conflict among riparian states.
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Goshu, B. S., & Muhammad Ridwan. (2026). The Nile as a Sacred Cord: Interrogating the Egypt-Ethiopia-Israel Triangle through Biblical Narrative, Stellar Hydrology, and Geopolitical Ontology. Polit Journal Scientific Journal of Politics, 6(4), 274-294. Retrieved from http://biarjournal.com/index.php/polit/article/view/1603
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