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DAVID A. FALK an imprint of Hendrickson Publishing Group The Ark of the Covenant in Its Egyptian Context: An Illustrated Journey (ebook edition) © 2020 David A. Falk Published by Hendrickson Academic an imprint of Hendrickson Publishing Group Hendrickson Publishers, LLC P. O. Box 3473 Peabody, Massachusetts 01961-3473 www.hendricksonpublishinggroup.com ebook ISBN 978-1-68307-368-0 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Scripture quotations taken from the New American Standard Bible® (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. www.lockman.org First ebook Edition — December 2020 Library of Congress Control Number: 2020944578 Cover Photo: Image of four priests carrying a kar shrine on poles at Abydos Temple of Ramesses II. Photo courtesy of the author. To my wife Kiara whose love, faith, and editorial skills have always supported me vv vv v v v And to Bill and Cindy Kozel whose loving generosity has kept this research alive over the years. vv vv vv Contents Abbreviations ix Figures and Illustrations xi Glossary xv Chapters 1. Discovering the Ark for the First Time 1 2. Getting Comfy with Ritual Furniture 23 3. Boxes and Chests and Arks! Oh My! 47 4. Shrines, No Tent like Home 75 5. Barques, Art with a Message 95 6. The Ark and Other Extraterrestrial Vehicles 135 7. The Over-Arking Context 163 Epilogue: Where Is the Ark Today? 167 Notes 169 Bibliography 185 Index of Subjects 197 Index of Personal Names 201 Index of Place Names 203 Index of Scripture References 204 Index of Foreign Words 207 Abbreviations General Abbreviations ill. illustration O. Ostracon, a text written on a pottery shard P. Papyrus pl. plate pt. part rt recto, or the righthand side or front of a page vs verso, or the lefthand side or back of a page Journals, Series, and Reference Works ASAE Annales du Service des antiquités de l’Égypte BASOR Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research BIFAO Bulletin de l’Institut français d’archéologie orientale CAD The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chi- cago. 21 vols. Chicago: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, 1956–2010 CD A Coptic Dictionary compiled with the help of many scholars. Walter Ewing Crum. Oxford: Clarenden, 1939 CG Catalogue Générale des Antiquities Égyptiennes du Musée de Caire COS The Context of Scripture: Canonical Compositions from the Biblical World. Edited by William W. Hallo and K. Lawson Younger. 3 vols. Leiden: Brill, 1997–2002 CT Coffin Text EA El-Amarna, an Amarna letter ECT The Egyptian Coffin Texts. Edited by Adriaan De Buck and Alan H. Gardiner. 7 vols. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1935–1961 Gardiner Hieroglyph signs that appear in Alan H. Gardiner, Egyptian Grammar, Sign 3rd ed. rev. (Oxford: Griffith Institute, 1957), 442–543. GM Göttinger Miszellen
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