The lost Ark of the Covenant

the remarkable quest for the legendary Ark

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The lost Ark of the Covenant

the remarkable quest for the legendary Ark

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"This is the explosive story of Professor Tudor Parfitt's twenty-year quest to find the lost Ark of the Covenant and his controversial discovery of what became of this sacred artefact." "According to the Bible, the Ark contained the ten commandments given to Moses, and possessed an awesome, divine power. Regarded as the holiest object in the world by the Jewish and Islamic faiths, the Ark suddenly disappeared from Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem over 2,500 years ago and was lost to the world - apparently forever." "Acclaimed scholar and adventurer Tudor Parfitt embarked on an epic journey across the Middle East, the Pacific and Africa to find the lost Ark. The trail took him from ancient codes and documents in Oxford and Jerusalem to the legends of a strange tribe near the Limpopo river, and to ground-breaking discoveries in modern genetic science." "But some people didn't want the Ark to be found. In his travels, Parfitt was ambushed, trailed, shot at and narrowly escaped being kidnapped. His search finally led him to an ancient artefact identical to the biblical description of the ark." "In The Lost Ark of the Covenant, Tudor Parfitt succeeds in blending rigorous historical scholarship with all the twists and turns of a gripping detective novel. His incredible discovery will cause controversy amongst historians and academics, and could have a far-reaching effect on the Jewish and Islamic world."--Jacket.

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Harper Element
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English
Pages
388

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The Lost Ark of the Covenant
2008, HarperCollins
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The lost Ark of the Covenant: the remarkable quest for the legendary Ark
2008, Harper Element
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The Lost Ark of the Covenant: Solving the 2,500 Year Old Mystery of the Fabled Biblical Ark
February 26, 2008, HarperOne
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Edition Notes

Includes index.

Map on lining papers.

Published in
London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
296.493
Library of Congress
BM657.A8 P37 2008, BM657.A8

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 388 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Number of pages
388

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL29218467M
Internet Archive
lostarkofcovenan0000parf
ISBN 10
0007262663, 0007262671
ISBN 13
9780007262663, 9780007262670
OCLC/WorldCat
175283615

Work Description

The Lost Ark of the Covenant is the real-life account of an astounding quest—professor Tudor Parfitt's effort to recover the revered artifact that contained the Ten Commandments, sacred to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.This holy object disappeared from the Temple when the Babylonians invaded Jerusalem in 586 BC and was lost—apparently forever.According to the biblical account, the Ark was built at the command of God, in accord with Moses's prophetic vision on Mount Sinai. The Ark, believed to be the throne of God, was carried by the Israelite high priests in the wilderness during their harrowing search for a homeland. When the Babylonians destroyed Jerusalem, the Ark entered the domain of legend. The mysterious disappearance of arguably the most important religious artifact in history led to a plethora of theories about the location of the Ark. Its whereabouts unknown, adventurers risked their lives and fortunes for over two millennia in attempts to discover this sacred treasure.With painstaking historical scholarship, groundbreaking genetic science, and hair-raising fieldwork, Parfitt, who the Wall Street Journal calls "a British Indiana Jones," debunks the previous myths and reveals the shocking history of the Ark and its keepers. From Israel to Egypt, Ethiopia, and the ruins of Great Zimbabwe, the journey leads to places Parfitt could never have imagined. He encounters a cannibalistic tribe in Papua, New Guinea. He is ambushed and shot at in Africa. And he narrowly escapes being kidnapped by Islamist outlaws in the wilder reaches of Yemen.Throughout his search, he is aided by a motley crew of kabbalistic mystics, Muslim holy men, charlatans and crooks, tribal elders, and scheming politicians.The Lost Ark of the Covenant is a vivid and page-turning account of the culmination of two decades of research by an acclaimed scholar and adventurer. In the end, legend becomes reality as an unknown history comes to light, and with it our understanding of this lost treasure is changed forever.

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