Los Lunas Decalogue Stone: Eighth-Century Hebrew Monument in New Mexico - Softcover

Panther-Yates, Donald N.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0615850995 ISBN 13: 9780615850993

Publisher: Panther's Lodge, 2013

Synopsis

On the edge of the Isleta Indian Reservation in the foothills of New Mexico lies the Decalogue Stone, a giant boulder inscribed with the Ten Commandments in Phoenician Hebrew characters. The Indians, Spanish and Americans knew of its existence, and the nearby Crypto-Jewish community of Los Quelites venerated it, building a secret altar that the Spanish Inquisition smashed and destroyed. For the first time, in this unique monograph, the Decalogue Stone's true origin is revealed in a connection to a forgotten eighth-century Jewish colony in the American Southwest known as Calalus. If you are interested in Christianity, Judaism, Native American traditions, Southwest history or archeology, this book by an expert in epigraphy and historical monuments will fascinate you!

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About the Author

Donald Panther-Yates has taught at the University of Notre Dame, St. John's University, Native American Educational Services College and other schools. His most recent publications are Old World Roots of the Cherokee and The Early Jews and Muslims of England and Wales (with Elizabeth C. Hirschman). A former resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico, he now lives in Phoenix.

From the Back Cover

In a whisper, our guide said that he believed there was a cave beneath the stone -- perhaps the reason it now rests an an incline. In the cave was the Ark of the Covenant. There were those who wanted to build a new Temple of Jerusalem on Hidden Mountain. Finally, it was his belief that the lettering of the Ten Commandments had been engraved by the finger of God -- electrically.

I preferred to date it to eighth-century Byzantine Hebrew, the sort of inscription as might be commissioned by Israel of Calalus.

Edition details

• Publisher: Panther's Lodge
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0615850995
• ISBN 13: 9780615850993
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 108