Mountain of God

The Italian archaeologist documents his findings that identify the mountain of Har Karkom as Mount Sinai, where God revealed the Ten Commandments to Moses

Klein, a business tycoon who loves football, realized an ambition when he bought the San Diego Chargers in 1966. Here, with the aid of Fisher, who has coauthored books with umpire Ron Luciano and Dodger manager Tommy Lasorda, he takes a lighthearted, frequently wry, look at his years as an NFL owner. In the early days of his regime, his team went nowhere; then he hired coach Don Coryell, and San Diego was transformed from one of the worst to one of the best. Along the way were adventures with the first psychologist ever hired to minister to a pro football squad, the first major drug scandal in the sport, annual meetings of NFL owners (which sound chaotic) and a running battle with L.A. Raiders owner Al Davis. An amusing read. Photos not seen by PW. 100,000 first printing.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

The author, who has directed the expedition at Har Karkom in the Negev for the past five years, presents his findings along with the hypothesis that the mountain is, in actuality, Mount Sinai, the mountain of Moses and the Exodus. Anati himself points out two major obstacles to his theorythat the mountain is nowhere near current versions of the route of the Exodus and that no finds from the site date to the accepted chronology of the Exodus. Anati, however, suggests a much earlier date for the Exodus, in the mid-third millennium B.C. This latter aspect of the book will be extremely controversial among specialists, to say the least. But the site, with its rock art and other aspects of material culture, is of definite interest. A lavishly produced book (with some typographical errors) for archaeology collections. Joan W. Gartland, Denver P.L.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.