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Title: Pharaohs And Kings : A Biblical Quest by David Rohl ISBN: 0-517-70315-7 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 03 January, 1996 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $37.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.41 (22 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Stunning Revision of Ancient History
Comment: David Rohl's "Pharaohs and Kings" (released in some countries it would seem as "A Test of Time") has to be one of the most interesting and readable archaeology/history books around.
Stunningly illustrated with excellent diagrams, colour photographs and maps, this book catalogues the chronological problems Egyptgologists have created by sticking to three somewhat tenuous biblical synchronisms made with Egypt during the last century.
Rohl disects the currently accepted chronology, demonstrates its flaws and then reconstructs an alternative using only the physical archaeological record.
The results are startling. Far from breaking the synchronisms between the Bible and Ancient Egypt, Rohl finishes up confirming that many of the Biblcial stories are based on real events. These are backed up with physical objects excavated from sites such as Tell el-Amarna and Tanis.
Rohl's own position, an essentially atheistic one, makes his discoveries all the more exicting as there is no religious angle to his work - just clear conclusions drawn from well presented evidence.
Seemingly, he has received widespread support from the younger members of the accademic community for his work while the 'old brigade', who have been teaching the flawed conventional chronology for years, can't bring themselves to re-examine the facts.
Rohl's style is unusual for a serious accademic - the book is written with humour and humanity, and easily readable. The whole layout, text, notations and illustrations make this a very attractive book. By the end of the book, you are amazed at how much you have understood and how obvious the conclusions are.
A five star read - NOT TO BE MISSED - and a fabulous Christmas present.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Ancient Dreamcoat
Comment: This is 425 pages packed with information, illustrations, charts, B & W photos, and color plates. The layout and typesetting is outstanding, something akin to a layered website. In this book British Egyptologist David Rohl produces convincing evidence that the accepted conventional ancient Egyptian chronology (especially the Third Intermediate Period) is out of sync with Egyptological and Archaeological evidence. The implications of this are immense, as ancient Egyptian chronology is the foundation for dating contemporary Asiatic and Levantine civilizations in a relative sense. Mr. Rohl demonstrates repeatedly that in this revised "New Chronology", Egyptian history and biblical narrative do indeed have common bonds, from the entrance of Jacob into Egypt to the Exodus of the Apiru (Hebrew) people under Moses. This is a fascinating read, but I caution that it gets a bit scholarly and complex at times. Nevertheless, I would recommend this book to anyone interested in the veracity of the Old Testament narratives vis-a-vis documented ancient Egyptian historicity.
Rating: 5
Summary: THE challenge
Comment: For the advanced scholar, especially if you want to draw parallels between ancient Egypt and Christinity...........unfortunately Rohls findings have mostly been refuted in the past five years........nothing like it though to challenge the historic belief of timelines in the middle and new kingdom.....
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Title: A Test of Time by David Rohl ISBN: 0099416565 Publisher: Arrow Pub. Date: 26 June, 2001 |
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Title: The Lost Testament : From Eden to Exile: The Five Thousand Year History of the People of the Bible by David Rohl ISBN: 0712669930 Publisher: Century Pub. Date: 15 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $48.50 |
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Title: Legend: The Genesis of Civilization by David Rohl ISBN: 009979991X Publisher: Arrow Pub. Date: 26 September, 2000 |
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Title: Solving the Exodus Mystery: Discovery of the True Pharoahs of Joseph, Moses, and the Exodus by Ted T. Stewart ISBN: 097186800X Publisher: Biblemart.com Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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Title: Ancient Egypt and the Old Testament by John D. Currid, Kenneth A. Kichen ISBN: 0801021375 Publisher: Baker Book House Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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