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I believe the idea he's referring to is the tidal theory, which holds that the Sea of Reeds was something like this area on the coastline (or possibly a bit further to the East, just above the Gulf of Aqaba:
Doesn't fit. Exodus 13:21 says that "the lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire". If this "pillar of fire" was Santorini, that would lead them North-West across the Mediterranean. Exodus 14:19-20 has the Israelites and the pursuing Egyptians camping on either side of the pillar, which would mean that one or other of them had got to a point somewhere to the North or West of Santorini.
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