of the Covenant: What it was, How it worked, Why ancient Israel depended on it

It's the biggest mystery of the Bible.

What was the Ark of the Covenant? How did it function? How did the Israelites use it? Why did they stop using it? What became of the Ark?

The Ark of the Covenant lies at the core of the story of the religion of ancient Israel, and there have been many attempts to find the "lost" Ark and many books about these searches. Modern scholars often completely ignore it, despite its importance in the Hebrew Bible, and some simply dismiss the Ark as an inexplicable motif.

Nobody, other than crackpots, has yet attempted to identify a practical purpose the Ark might have served, to properly identify its practical religious significance or to understand why it was vital to ancient Israel.

This book attempts to investigate all of those things, using evidence from widespread sources in widespread fields of study, utilising books accessible to everyone and easy to find on Amazon.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Sam Connolly has an honours degree in Hebrew, Biblical and Theological Studies from Trinity College, Dublin, and a Hdip and Masters in Science in World Heritage Management from University College Dublin.