The Earth Chronicles Handbook - A Comprehensive Guide to the Seven Books of the Earth Chronicles

Zusatztext ". . . serves as a handy reference book for anyone interested in the study of ancient man and his mythologies and religions. . . . an essential addition to your Ufological library." Informationen zum Autor Zecharia Sitchin (1920-2010), an eminent Orientalist and biblical scholar, was born in Russia and grew up in Palestine, where he acquired a profound knowledge of modern and ancient Hebrew, other Semitic and European languages, the Old Testament, and the history and archaeology of the Near East. A graduate of the University of London with a degree in economic history, he worked as a journalist and editor in Israel for many years prior to undertaking his life’s work--The Earth Chronicles. One of the few scholars able to read the clay tablets and interpret ancient Sumerian and Akkadian, Sitchin based The Earth Chronicles series on the texts and pictorial evidence recorded by the ancient civilizations of the Near East. His books have been widely translated, reprinted in paperback editions, converted to Braille for the blind, and featured on radio and television programs. Klappentext Wisdom hath built her house; She hath hewn out her seven pillars. Proverbs 9:1 In the seven books of The Earth Chronicles series, Zecharia Sitchin has amassed a vast volume of information about Mankind's ancient civilizations, ranging from the Near East, Africa, and Europe to the Americas--presenting it all in the context of a unified understanding of gods and men of the Past as a key to unlocking the Future. The Earth Chronicles Handbook is both a useful tool for navigating through the 2,300 pages of those seven books as well as a unique compendium that provides in alphabetical order, in one volume, data from all parts of the world, indicating for each entry its cultural source. It is, in a way, a key to the Seven Pillars of Ancient Wisdom. Praise for The Earth Chronicles Series "Exciting . . . credible . . . most provocative and compelling." --Library Journal "For thousands of years priests, poets, and scientists have tried to explain how man was created. . . . Now a recognized scholar has come forth with a theory that is the most astonishing of all." --United Press International "A dazzling performance. . . . Sitchin is a zealous investigator." --Kirkus Reviews Introduction Wisdom hath built her house; She hath hewn out her seven pillars. Proverbs 9:1 The seven books that comprise The Earth Chronicles began neither as a preconceived series nor even as a book. As an oak tree with seven branches, its acorn seed was a schoolboy’s query why a word in the Hebrew Bible-- Nefilim --that derives from the verb meaning To Fall, To Come Down, was translated ‘Giants’. The schoolboy was I; the word is in Genesis chapter 6; the search for an explanation lasted a lifetime; the answer required--as the Bible itself does--going back to the Beginning. The quest for the biblical Beginning opened a Pandora’s Box filled with countless more questions. Why does the Bible describe the Nefilim as “sons of the gods” who chose wives from among the “daughters of the Adam”? Who were the Elohim who had fashioned the Adam in their image? Was there a Garden of Eden, and if yes, where and what was it? Was there a Deluge, was there a Noah, and if yes, who was he? How didMankind learn how the Heavens, the Earth, and Man himself had been created? What scientific knowledge had existed in antiquity--indeed, how did Civilization itself begin? Was there a kingdom in a land called (in the Bible) Shine’ar that preceded ancient Babylon, Assyria, Egypt? And how did other civilizations arise around the world with uncanny similarities to the olden ones? Unavoidably, the quest spread from Bible to archaeology. There was indeed a Cradle of Civilization in the ancient Near East; its monuments, artifacts, and written records unfolded a vivid history of lands and p...

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• Authors: Zecharia Sitchin, Zecharia (Zecharia Sitchin) Sitchin
• Publisher: BEAR & CO., INC.,
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.05.2009
• EAN: 9781591431015
• ISBN: 978-1-59143-101-5
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 237 mm x 23 mm
• Subject: Guides > Spirituality > Miscellaneous