The Lost Ark of the Covenant - Solving the 2,500-Year-Old Mystery of the Fabled Biblical Ark

“Deemed ‘the British Indiana Jones’ by the Wall Street Journal, Parfitt is both scholar and adventurer. This real-life account [is] a gripping…yarn. Recommended.” Informationen zum Autor Tudor Parfitt's life's work has been tracking down the lost tribes of Israel in Africa and Asia. As professor of Jewish studies at London's prestigious School of Oriental and African Studies and Fellow of the Oxford Centre of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, he has written widely on the history of the Jews of Africa and Asia. In 2006, he was appointed Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Harvard University. He has traveled widely through remote areas of Africa and Asia and divides his time between London and the Templar region of the South Aveyron. Zusammenfassung After 2,500 Years of Mystery, the Truth About the Ark of the Covenant Is Revealed 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. With painstaking historical scholarship, groundbreaking genetic science, and fascinating on-the-ground discoveries, 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.

Product details

• Authors: Tudor Parfitt
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.03.2009
• EAN: 9780061371042
• ISBN: 978-0-06-137104-2
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Religion: general, RELIGION: History, RELIGION: WORLD RELIGIONS, RELIGION: Spirituality, HISTORY: Jewish, RELIGION: Judaism / History, RELIGION: Judaism / General, HISTORY: BIBLE