The Rescue of Jerusalem - Rilegato

Aubin, Henry

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ISBN 10: 0385659121 ISBN 13: 9780385659123

Casa editrice: Doubleday Canada, 2002

Riassunto

In 701 BC, the powerful Assyrian army laid siege to Jerusalem, threatening the Hebrew kingdom with destruction. What saved the City of David? The Bible credits divine intervention. Modern scholars have long speculated that a plague spread through the ranks of the Assyrian soldiers, forcing them to withdraw.

Now, in this ground-breaking account, award-winning author Henry Aubin argues that it was the Kushites, the black Africans who formed Egypt’s 25th dynasty, who saved Jerusalem, the birthplace of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. In his powerful, wide-ranging analysis, Aubin shows how Western scholarship turned its back on the theory of black African involvement.

The account of the long-forgotten African and Hebrew alliance that rescued Jerusalem will change the face of Jewish and African history and contribute to a fresh understanding of our world today.

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Recensione:

“Thoroughly convincing ... I am a convert.” — William H. McNeill, winner of the National Book Award and author of Plagues and Peoples

“Aubin successfully achieves his primary goal: he provides the most convincing explanation of what caused the Assyrians to retreat from Jerusalem. In the course of doing this, he has unmasked the unconscious racism that has mangled [our] understanding of Egypt for more than a century.... His insights are of astonishing breadth, originality and importance.”
— Bruce G. Trigger, McGill University, author of A History of Archeological Thought

L'autore:

Henry Aubin is a columnist with The Gazette in Montreal, where his commentaries and investigative reporting have received three National Newspaper Awards. He is also co-winner of the B’nai Brith Media Human Rights Award. His previous book, City of Sale, was a bestselling exposé of the financial interests behind urban development. A graduate of Harvard, Aubin is a former Washington Post reporter. He and his wife have four children.

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• Editore: Doubleday Canada
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0385659121
• ISBN 13: 9780385659123
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 448