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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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Roderick Grierson is a Fellow of the Institute for Afro-American Research at Harvard University and Stuart Munro-Hay is Visiting Professor at the University of Berlin.
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Softcover. Condition: Fine. Leichte Gebrauchsspuren; Leichte Verschmutzung / Farbtonveranderung. In a landscape filled with imaginative but often inaccurate rewrites of religious history and archaeology, this scholarly work stands out for its soundness. The authors, specialists in African history with a focus on Ethiopia, delve into the Ark of the Covenant, a sacred object in ancient Judaism that housed the Tablets of the Law given to Moses. Unlike Noah's Ark, the Ark of the Covenant was central to the Israelites' battles, shrouded in mystery and protected from view due to its immense power--anyone who approached it could face dire consequences. Initially kept in a Tabernacle, it found its final resting place in the Holy of Holies within Solomon's temple. While the Old Testament references the Ark extensively, it disappears from historical records after the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem in 587 B.C. The authors explore the ancient Ethiopian epic, The Glory of Kings, which suggests that the Ark was taken to Ethiopia by the son of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Their investigation includes a visit to a shrine in Ethiopia that claims to house the Ark and an examination of the unique Jewish aspects of Ethiopian Christianity. Unlike sensationalist accounts, this work is a sensible and readable historical study by credible scholars. Seller Inventory # 88acd36c-5efa-487e-ad1c-707595d298e6
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