9 ▁Not ing ▁that ▁Jewish ▁tradition ▁has ▁not ▁preserved ▁a ▁tradition ▁about ▁Mount ▁S ina i ' s ▁location , ▁Pla ut ▁observed ▁that ▁had ▁the ▁Israel ites ▁known ▁the ▁location ▁in ▁later ▁centuries , ▁Jerusalem ▁and ▁its ▁Temple ▁could ▁never ▁have ▁become ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁Jewish ▁life , ▁for ▁Jerusalem ▁and ▁the ▁Temple ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁inferior ▁in ▁hol iness ▁to ▁the ▁God ' s ▁mountain . ▁Pla ut ▁concluded ▁that ▁S ina i ▁thus ▁became ▁in ▁J uda ism , ▁either ▁by ▁design ▁or ▁happen st ance , ▁a ▁concept ▁rather ▁than ▁a ▁place . ▁ ▁Professor ▁Harold ▁F isch , ▁formerly ▁of ▁Bar - I lan ▁University , ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁revel ation ▁at ▁Mount ▁S ina i ▁beginning ▁at ▁ ▁is ▁echo ed ▁in ▁Prince ▁Ham let ’ s ▁meeting ▁with ▁his ▁dead ▁father ’ s ▁g host ▁in ▁I , ▁scene ▁ 5 ▁of ▁William ▁Shakespeare ’ s ▁play ▁Ham let . ▁F isch ▁noted ▁that ▁in ▁both ▁cases , ▁a ▁father ▁appears ▁to ▁issue ▁a ▁command , ▁only ▁one ▁is ▁called ▁to ▁hear ▁the ▁command , ▁others ▁stay ▁at ▁a ▁distance ▁in ▁terror , ▁the ▁command ment ▁is ▁recorded , ▁and ▁the ▁parties ▁enter ▁into ▁a ▁c oven ant . ▁ ▁Alter ▁translated ▁ ▁to ▁call ▁for ▁“ an ▁ind igo ▁tw ist ” ▁on ▁the ▁Israel ites ' ▁gar ments . ▁Alter ▁explained ▁that ▁the ▁d ye ▁was ▁not ▁derived ▁from ▁a ▁plant , ▁as ▁is ▁ind igo , ▁but ▁from ▁a ▁subst ance ▁secret ed