JOSUA,King DAVID, Nebudkanessar, JUDAS Maccabeus.
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”The history of the Jewish people is one of constant struggle and military conflict. This volume tells the exciting yet violent stories of four great leaders from the pages of the bible. Three were champions of Israel, whilst the other was one of of its greatest oppressors. Throughout, Biblical accounts are compared and contrasted dramattically with historical fact and likelihood. There is a wealth of fascinating detail on the military campigns, battles, weaponry and the armed conflict covering som thirteen hundred years of Bible history.”
Traditionellt tänkt rutt för Exodus ur Egypten
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Boken är en fröjd att läsa: klargörande uppställd och illustrerad med kartor, foton och tecknade illustrationer och redovisar trovärdigt VAD som egentligen hände, och NÄR man kan sluta sig till att de i bibeln berättade händelserna tilldrog sig. Efteråt citeras sedan bibelställena.
” A cast from the temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu.
This Philistine wears the characteristic headdress associated with the Pelest or Sea Peoples.”
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”The David and Goliath confrontation indicates the importance of single combat as a substitute for full battle in the Iron Age Near East, emphasising the sling´s effectiveness evan against an armoured infantryman.”
”The third account is one that is most associated with David in people´s minds – the killing of Goliat. The story contains all the elements that make for a classic legend: a simple lad whose courage and faith enables him to triumph over the seemingly invincible enemy, when the ”professional” soldiers through cowadice or fear are unwilling to take on such a foe — However one should be more than a little wary to accepting the historical veracity of the ´Goliath story at face value. After all, Samuel attributes the killing of Goliath to another:
”Again war with the Philistines broke out at Gob, and Elhanan son of Jair, of Bethlehem, killed Goliath of Gath, the shaft of whose spear was like a weavers beam”
(2 Samuel 21:20-21!)
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Återkommer när
Nebudkanessar och Judas Maccabeus avverkats!
” A cast from the temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu.
Det verkar vara en bok som verkligen skulle passa mig!
(Och Lisa.)
JA! Det har även jag kommit fram till…
DOCK
har jag halva boken kvar.