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A highly plausible account and conclusion. - Rated
This was a most enjoyable read and a highly plausible solution to the Ark's fate. I wasn't sure that I would enjoy the narrative style at first but this strictly made the book such an enjoyable read, although it is impossible to say how much was tongue in cheek. I first became hooked on the quest for the Ark when I read Graham Hancock some years ago and then subsequently Laurence Gardner's book on the Lost Secrets of the Sacred Ark. I had difficulty at one time understanding how there might be so called "black Jews" especially when one considers the particularity of Jews during the second Temple period when they had returned from exile and dispossessed their foreign wives. The book of Ezra highlights this. Mr Parfitt's account of the Lemba people and how they considered themselves a part of Jewish heritage is explained and this has made clear the notion of how there might be other peoples who consider themselves Jews but are not quintessentially Jews within the concept of Ashkenazim and Sephardim. Altogether a very interesting account which I highly recommend.
Academic thriller - Rated
From an academic point of view the underlying ideas about the Ark and the mysterious ephod are challenging and lead us to realise that we really do not have much idea about what so many of the ritual objects of Israel actually were. It is written like an academic thriller and it is certainly a page turner. I read it in pretty well one sitting. Highly recommended.
Well written but fails to truly convince. - Rated
As a story the book lives up to the quest, as for historical investigative work, my opinion is that its mediocre at best.
While Tudor writes really well and keeps the story and on going
quest interesting. His diferent lines of research is pretty
sound and argues his case as well as anybody could. However,
Tudor falls into the same trap as so many biblical scholars
and writers do, by arguing a thesis without considering the
counter evidence and opposing arguments.
I found this a little frustrating at times, as he tried time
and time again to link the Ark with the tribal ngoma with
little evidence other than heresay. Links are then made to
the Pharoah arks found at karnak since they are similar in build
but his line of discussion is just too flimsy, and at times
Tudor puts forwards arguments that any good researcher could easily
see straight throught and argue particularly the Egyptian monotheism
debate.
Despite this, the book does offer an interesting journey and it is
a real page turner. I did thoroughly enjoy the book and would reccomend
it to anyone. But there are much better books about the subject
matter some of which takes into consideration all of the evidence
rather than just the stuff that agrees with his own theory.
A little flawed but worth a look none the less.
A great great read! - Rated
Like Parfitt's Journey to the Vanished City this is a wonderfully entertaining and instructive account of a long journey into the past. The conclusions are questionable but once you have visualised the ark thropugh his eyes you will never see it in the same way again. It ranks as one of the best travel/academic adventure accounts I have ever read. It is also very funny - the chapter on Papua New Guinea has a dry humour which kept me laughing for a day or two and his side kick - the crazy Coptic Daud was one of the most enjoyable literary characters I have come across for a long time. Great stuff!
A very enjoyable read - Rated
I found this book to be a very enjoyable read. I could hardly put it down and read it in record time. The character development of the principles within the book is exquisite, particularly Reuven and Daud. As to the content, it makes for an interesting theory concerning the fate of the ark of the covenant although other ideas which shout out as possibilities (e.g. the notion that the Ark found in Africa was merely a copy from memory of the real thing, which developed an african flavour over the centuries that followed and became a drum) are ignored. Nevertheless,I would recommend this voyage of discovery to anyone with an open mind and the ability to critically analyse even bizarre theories.
