The Quest for the Ark of the Covenant: The True History of the Tablets of Moses

by Stuart Christopher Munro-Hay

In a chapel in the old crenellated church of Mary of Zion in Aksum, Ethiopia is kept an object that emperors, patriarchs and priests have assured the world is the most important religious relic of all the tabota Seyon, Ark of the Covenant, the Ark of Zion. This Ark is alleged to be no other than the Ark that Moses had constructed at Sinai and which destroyed the walls of Jericho. It was brought into Jerusalem by King David and installed in a magnificent temple by King Solomon. Then, the story goes, it came to Ethiopia of its own choice with the half-Ethiopian, half-Jewish son of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Are the legends true? Or is this story a monumental deception? Is there any real proof or is it the faith of a people alone that has created this Ark? From ancient texts to local stories, from the Bible to the writings of sixteenth and seventeenth century Jesuits, Stuart Munro-Hay traces the extraordinary legend of Ethiopia's Ark in what is a triumph of historical detective work. Munro-Hay scrutinises every mention of the Ark in Ethiopian records and tests every theory before he reaches his shocking conclusion.
"The Quest for the Ark of the Covenant" promises to settle the mystery of the Ark of the Covenant for once and for all.

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 30, 2005

Reviews

[Gretchen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m not sure why I didn’t like this book more. The author was respectful to the faith tradition that backs the Ark; his writing is clean; he is an expert on Ethiopian history; and he provides excellent critiques of other authors who have investigated the Ark (especially Graham Hancock). His emphasis is on the documents that frame some of the legends that surround the Ark coming to Aksum, to determine both the legitimacy of the legends and the historical process. Click below for full review.

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