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Overview"After 2,500 Years of Mystery, the Truth About the Ark of the Covenant Is Revealed The Lost Ark of the Covenant is the real-life account of an astounding quest--professor Tudor Parfitt's effort to recover the revered artifact that contained the Ten Commandments, sacred to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. With painstaking historical scholarship, groundbreaking genetic science, and fascinating on-the-ground discoveries, Parfitt, who the Wall Street Journal calls ""a British Indiana Jones,"" debunks the previous myths and reveals the shocking history of the Ark and its keepers." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tudor Parfitt (School of Oriental and African Studies University of London UK)Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers Dimensions: Width: 13.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.298kg ISBN: 9780061371042ISBN 10: 0061371041 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 17 March 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: In Print Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsParfitt s scholarly, fascinating work explains and explodes a pervasive myth. --The Times Parfitt's scholarly, fascinating work explains and explodes a pervasive myth. -- The Times """It's worthy of a Spielberg epic: an intrepid British don's 20-year mission to find the Lost Ark of the Covenant."" -- Daily Mail ""Parfitt's passionately crafted new theory, like his first, could eventually be proven right..."" -- Time Magazine ""Parfitt's scholarly, fascinating work explains and explodes a pervasive myth."" -- The Times ""Deemed 'the British Indiana Jones' by the Wall Street Journal, Parfitt is both scholar and adventurer. This real-life account [is] a gripping...yarn. Recommended."" -- Library Journal" Author InformationTudor 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. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |