The Ark of the Covenant in Its Egyptian Context: An Illustrated Journey

by David A. Falk

Publisher:

Hendrickson

, 2020

Overview

The Ark of the Covenant in Its Egyptian Context: An Illustrated Journey invites readers on a journey of discovery that will change the way they view the Ark of the Covenant forever!

Although much has been written about the Ark of the Covenant, few authors engage the wealth of information available that pertains to Egyptian material culture. The Ark of the Covenant in Its Egyptian Context: An Illustrated Journey is the first book to explore the complex history of sacred ritual furniture in Egypt that predated the ark by hundreds of years.

Within Egyptian culture, over four hundred examples of ritual furniture exist that shed light on the design and appearance of the ark. These examples form patterns that provide context for the Israelites’ understanding of the ark at the time of its construction. That understanding would have been obvious to the Israelites of the time, but has since become obscured over the millennia. This groundbreaking book is the first to connect the Ark of the Covenant with the archaeology and chronology of ancient Egypt, and it does so in an accessible way with straightforward text and dozens of full-color photographs and graphics.

Key Features

• Connects the Ark of the Covenant with its ancient Egyptian context
• Explores the complex history of sacred ritual furniture in Egypt
• Includes dozens of full-color photographs and graphics depicting ancient Egyptian artifacts and art

Contents

Top Highlights

“The Egyptians believed the real presence of their gods resided in a statue’s physical substance” (Page 27)

“But the ark is the only name change that happens to an inanimate object” (Page 4)

“a coffin was a proxy body that the spirit of a dead person could inhabit to participate in the world after death” (Page 3)

“‘one-meaning fallacy,’ which states that words always or nearly always have the same technical meaning” (Page 16)

“A mild curse on paper created an object of writing that affected the mechanics of the world” (Page 27)

Product Details

• Title: The Ark of the Covenant in Its Egyptian Context: An Illustrated Journey
• Author: David A. Falk
• Publisher: Hendrickson
• Print Publication Date: 2020
• Logos Release Date: 2021
• Pages: 208
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Ark of the Covenant; Egypt › Antiquities; Egypt › Religion
• ISBNs: 9781683072676, 1683072677
• Resource ID: LLS:ARKCVNNTGYPCNTXT
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T21:55:03Z

About David A. Falk

David A. Falk is a research associate at the Vancouver School of Theology. He holds a PhD in Egyptology from the University of Liverpool and three masters degrees with concentrations in the Bible and the Ancient Near East from the University of Toronto and Trinity International University. He has published articles on archaeometallurgy, iconography, lexicography, Egyptian ritual, and biblical interpretation. He worked for over twenty years as a computer systems engineer for Disney, GE, Abbott Laboratories, Oracle, and IBM.