Mysteries of the Bible : the enduring questions of scriptures - New York Reader's digest 1988 - 384 p.

"All essays previously appeared in Biblical archaeology review or Bible review"--T.p verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

A lost river of Eden : rediscovering the Pishon / James Sauer -- A futile quest : the search for Noah's ark / William Stiebing -- Mt. Sinai--in Arabia? : ancient Jewish tradition locates holy mountain / Allen Kerkeslager -- Mt. Sinai--in the Negev? : ancient cult center discovered on desert peak / Emmanuel Anati -- False conclusions : identification of Har Karkom flawed / Israel Finkelstein -- How Lord Kingsborough lost his fortune : looking for the lost tribes among the Maya / Howard W. Goodkind -- Lost and found : evidence of tribes discovered close to home / Hershel Shanks -- The tribe of Manasseh : found in India? / Hershel Shanks ... [et al.] -- From Israel to Ethiopia : the journey of the Ark / Ephraim Isaac -- From Jerusalem to Egypt : did the Ark stop in elephantine? / Bezalel Porten -- What the wise men knew : Babylonian astronomy dates Jesus' birth / Simo Parpola -- The search for the Holy grail : misguided from the start / Ben Witherington III -- Art, artifice or artifact? : supposed burial Shroud probably made in 14th century / Robert A. Wild -- Carbon-14 results in : questions remain / Suzanne F. Singer.

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Bible--Miscellanea.
Bible--Antiquities--Miscellanea.

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