The Lost Ark of the Covenant CD: Solving the 2,500 Year Old Mystery of the Fabled Biblical Ark
The Lost Ark of the Covenant is the real-life account of 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 in Jerusalem when the Babylonians invaded in 586 BCE and was lost—apparently forever.
With painstaking historical scholarship, groundbreaking genetic science, and hair-raising fieldwork, Parfitt 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.
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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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.
The author's search for the Ark of the Covenant unfolds like a mystery spanning many cultures and countries. Narrator Graeme Malcolm sharpens the elaborate word portraits of the characters by giving pristine foreign accents to their English. In a typical conversation he becomes a clever "quick-change artist" as two people of different ethnic backgrounds speak to each other. With the adeptness of a native speaker Malcolm pronounces words from more than a dozen languages, including Arabic, Greek, Aramaic, Ethiopian, and Hebrew. In the numerous conversations and musings, he also adds the ethereal element of charm to the author's subtle humor. In short, Malcolm transforms Parfitt's odyssey to discover the world's most sought-after artifact from a book to a travel experience. J.A.H. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
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- PublisherHarperAudio
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 0061468495
- ISBN 13 9780061468490
- BindingAudio CD
- Number of pages320
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