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The Ark of the Covenant

Categorie	Geschiedenis Afrika
Boeknummer	#372940-XG37
Titel	The Ark of the Covenant
Auteur	Grierson, Roderick & Stuart C. Munro-Hay
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Jaar van uitgave	1999
ISBN13	0297841432
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrations (including photographs) in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	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... (Lees verder) 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.
Pagina's	372
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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