Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, Egypt

Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai, Egypt
Author: Helen C. Evans
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2004
Genre: Icons, Byzantine
ISBN: 1588391094

"In this book the Monastery and its buildings are presented in many newly commissioned color photographs: included are views of the richly decorated sanctuary of the sixth-century church as well as images of the world's most outstanding collection of icons. The Introduction by His Eminence Archbishop Damianos of Sinai and the essay on the Holy Monastery by Helen C. Evans augment the powerful and dramatic photographs of the site, some of them from the Monastery's archives"--Jacket.

The Lost Sea of the Exodus

The Lost Sea of the Exodus
Author: Glen A. Fritz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-04
Genre: Aqaba, Gulf of
ISBN: 9780692638309

An extensive geographical investigation of the biblical Exodus that focuses on the identity of the sea that parted for the Israelites. The analysis shows that the traditional terms, Red Sea or Reed Sea, clash with the meaning and geography of Yam Suph, the name of the sea in the Hebrew Bible. This work presents its true location and the details of the Exodus route needed to reach it.

Defending the Holy Land

Defending the Holy Land
Author: Zeev Maoz
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 743
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN: 0472033417

A scathing and brilliant revisionist history, Defending the Holy Land is the most comprehensive analysis to date of Israel's national security and foreign policy, from the inception of the State of Israel to the present. Book jacket.