Table of contents for Mysteries of the Bible : from the location of Eden to the Shroud of Turin : a collection of essays published by the Biblical Archaeology Society / edited by Hershel Shanks and Molly Dewsnap Meinhardt ; contributors, Emmanuel Anati ... [et al.].

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Introduction XX
About the Authors XX
Acknowledgments XX
PART I: EDEN
1 A Lost River of Eden: Rediscovering the Pishon XX
James Sauer
PART II: NOAH'S ARK
2 A Futile Quest: The Search for Noah's Ark XX
William Stiebing
PART III: MT SINAI
3 Mt. Sinai--In Arabia? Ancient Jewish Tradition Locates Holy 
Mountain XX
Allen Kerkeslager
4 Mt. Sinai--in the Negev? Ancient Cult Center Discovered on 
Desert Peak XX
Emmanuel Anati
	
5 False Conclusions: Identification of Har Karkom Flawed XX
Israel Finkelstein
PART IV: THE TEN LOST TRIBES
6 How Lord Kingsborough Lost His Fortune: Looking for the Lost 
Tribes Among the Maya XX
Howard Goodkind
7 Lost and Found: Evidence of Tribes Discovered Close to Home 
XX
Hershel Shanks
8 The Tribe of Manasseh: In India? XX
By Hershel Shanks, Ronald S. Hendel and Rivka Gonen
PART V: THE ARK OF THE COVENANT
9 From Israel to Ethiopia: The Journey of the Ark XX
Ephraim Isaac
10 From Jerusalem to Elephantine: Did the Ark Stop in Egypt? XX
Bezalel Porten
PART VI: THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM
11 What the Wise Men Knew: Babylonian Astronomy Dates Jesus' 
Birth XX
Simo Parpola
PART VII: THE HOLY GRAIL
12 The Search for the Holy Grail: Misguided from the Start XX
Ben Witherington III
PART VIII: THE SHROUD OF TURIN
13 Art, Artifice or Relic? Supposed Burial Shroud Probably Made 
in 14th Century XX
Robert A. Wild
14 Carbon-14 Results In: Questions Remain XX
Suzanne F. Singer

Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:

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