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God's Gold: The Quest for the Lost Temple Treasure of Jerusalem (Paperback)

by Sean Kingsley (Author)
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: John Murray (28 Jun 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0719568048
  • ISBN-13: 978-0719568046
  • Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 13 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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God’s Gold charts the fate of the greatest religious treasure in history, the key symbols of the Jewish faith – looted from the Temple of Jerusalem. The golden candelabrum, silver trumpets and bejewelled table were ransacked by the Roman emperor Vespasian in AD 70. They were cast adrift in Mediterranean lands, which saw 550 years of turbulent history and the rule of four different civilisations. Now, only an intriguing trail of clues remains as to their whereabouts.

The Temple treasure is an immeasurably precious hoard, but it has yet greater significance as a symbol of man’s communications with God. The gold is central to Israel's dreams for messianic redemption and its discovery could signify the return to an age of biblical sacrifice.

Using untapped historical texts and new archaeological sources, Sean Kingsley reveals the incredible history of this treasure, its composition and religious, political and financial meaning across the ages. Unexpected discoveries send him on a physical pilgrimage to trace the treasure’s destiny, which exposes facts more astonishing than fiction.



About the Author

Sean Kingsley is a London-based archaeologist. He specialises in the Holy Land, where he discovered and researched the largest cluster of ancient shipwrecks in the eastern Mediterranean. He is Managing Editor of Minerva, the International Review of Ancient Art and Archaeology, and Visiting Fellow at the Research Centre for Late Antique and Byzantine Studies at the Reading University. He writes for various popular magazines. This is his sixth book.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting theory, 1 Dec 2008
This is a well-researched book that attempts to locate what is arguably the greatest lost treasure in human history - the Second Temple treasure of Jerusalem. It reads like a thriller in places, but there's no doubting the efforts the author made to establish his case. His conclusions may well be right but, like one other reviewer, I did sometimes find myself wondering why he was placing so much faith in sources that seemed to me to be somewhat vague or questionable at best.

And there was at least one error - I think it's now generally accepted that the Essene community at Qumran was neither an ultra-religious Jewish sect nor anything to do with the Dead Sea Scrolls, simply because there's not a shred of empirical evidence to link the two, but the author still points to the large number of Jewish ritual baths, or miqva'ot, on the site as proof of this hypothesis. The latest research suggests that these are nothing more than ordinary water cisterns, and that Qumran was almost certainly a secular, not a religious, community.

But, overall, a good and absorbing read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, 7 Oct 2006
This review is from: God's Gold: The Quest for the Lost Temple Treasure of Jerusalem (Hardcover)
Most books of this type are fantasy/mythology/religious nonsense. This book is not. Dr. Kingsley has produced a fascinating, well-researched history tracing the Temple Treasure's story by piecing together every single fact about it over a thousand years of history - from Jerusalem to Rome to ..... well you'll have to read the book for yourself to find out. I cannot recommend this book more highly.
Dorothy King
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3.0 out of 5 stars A good read but Dr Kingsley doesnt convince., 1 April 2008
By Astore Stargazer (Lancashire) - See all my reviews
  
This review is from: God's Gold: The Quest for the Lost Temple Treasure of Jerusalem (Hardcover)
As an avid reader on the many theories concerning the elusive yet hallowed temple treasures. I was really excited when a good friend bought me this book for my birthday. I quickly polished off my previous book which was on a similar subject and began reading. All of my hopes that this would be a splendid accurate read were well met in the opening chapters. Dr Kingsleys credentials for the subject in hand are impressive and he starts by telling us of the history surrounding the temple and so forth.

Whilst Kingsleys skill with a pen is compelling, his descriptive writing on the various places he visits really does bring home a true feeling of each culture he comes across with a dignified grace and beauty, making this story a really pleasant journey. You do feel that he is taking you with him to each country, his passion and dedication for what he does and the way to convey in his writing is a real pleasure.

However, that aside going back and focussing on the subject matter. Dr Kingsley whilst surveying each of the archaeological sites listed in the book he also places a lot of his arguments and theories on questionable sources of information. He dismisses substantial areas of research and doesn't consider or challenge for one moment the counter arguments that contradict his own hypothesis. Fair enough so many in this field are accustomed to ignoring other facts because they don't support one's own theory but it's the way Dr Kingsley arrogantly dismisses some of the evidence that for me really spoilt what was a really good ripping yarn on one mans quest for the treasures of Jerusalem.

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