The Ark of the Covenant: The True Story of the Greatest Relic of Antiquity - Couverture souple

Grierson, Roderick; Munro-Hay, Stuart

 
9780297841432: The Ark of the Covenant: The True Story of the Greatest Relic of Antiquity
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0297841432 ISBN 13 : 9780297841432
Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1999

Synopsis

At the heart of the city of Aksum in Ethiopia stands a small chapel, whose entrance is constantly guarded. Ethiopians believe that this chapel contains the Ark of the Covenant; their religious epic "The Glory of Kings" gives an account of how Makeda, the Queen of Sheba had a son by Solomon and how it was this son who removed the Ark from Jerusalem because of the disobedience of the people of Israel. Stuart Munro-Hay began excavating at Aksum in 1974, but his work was interrupted by the revolution. He did, however, make many valuable friendships in the city and learnt to speak the language of the guards, a combination that has led him to become recognised as the premier Aksumite historian. Together with Roderick Grierson, a semiotic philologist, he investigated the ancient mystery to try and determine what the Ark was, if it could have been carried to Ethiopia, and, if it was not at Aksum, what is being guarded in the chapel.

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À propos de l?auteur

Stuart Munro-Hay has recently been appointed Visiting Professor at the University of Berlin; and Roderick Grierson is a Fellow at the W.E.B. Du Bois Insti

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Éditeur
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0297841432
ISBN 13 
9780297841432
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
383
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