Lost ark stories

[fbhjr]

I finished reading this book last night:
http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Ark-Covenant-Solving-Biblical/dp/0061371033/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210941555&sr=8-1

I thought it was very interesting. The author looked at the search as for
an archeological artifact, not a religious one.
He makes it clear that he is not Indiana Jones, and his search was very
different from the movies. But, I found it funny that there were some very
similar problems including encounters with snakes and getting vital clues
while drunk in a bar.
One of the things I like about the book is that he starts off looking for a
big gold box and ends up with something very different. A lot of the
reviews of the book don’t seem to like that. But, I do like the shift in
what the ark might have been, how it was used, and what it might have
looked like. Most of the bad reviews I’ve seen concentrate on the “but,
that’s not a big gold box” part of it and not on why his ideas of what he
was looking for changed.
Well, I liked it…

Comments

[evrgreen.livejournal.com]

I listened to an interview of the author on public radio last week, I think.
The book does seem to be rather controversial - I am not sure if folks take kindly to his theory that the ark was a weapon of mass destruction rather than a gilded box for carrying sacred objects. It is an interesting theory nonetheless. He is apparently very interested in Hebrew history even though he is not Jewish. I might buy the book to read sometime, but have got a few on my shelf that I haven't finished yet that I need to do before I get another book !

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

Personally I think it is an interesting theory.
The Egyptians came up with electricity in their temples. A crude gunpowder doesn't seem that hard to believe. A big drum like thing, stuffed with gunpowder, could explain a lot of the noise & fire of God from the stories...