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What Was the Ark and What Did It Do?
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Abstract
This chapter describes what the Bible tells us about the Ark. It discusses the narrative traditions surrounding the Ark, emphasizing the different political and social roles that the Ark played in different episodes recounted in the Old Testament. The chapter surveys how God commanded Moses to build it and how the Ark was carried by the Israelites as they wandered through the wilderness. According to the Bible, it played a role in the conquest of the Land. The Ark was briefly lost to the Philistines, but it was eventually installed in Jerusalem as that city became the capital of David’s kingdom. The various elements of the Ark’s physical description are explained, as are areas of scholarly disagreement about what it looked like. The chapter discusses the different Hebrew names used for the Ark and its treatment in different biblical sources.
Title: What Was the Ark and What Did It Do?
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Abstract
This chapter describes what the Bible tells us about the Ark.
It discusses the narrative traditions surrounding the Ark, emphasizing the different political and social roles that the Ark played in different episodes recounted in the Old Testament.
The chapter surveys how God commanded Moses to build it and how the Ark was carried by the Israelites as they wandered through the wilderness.
According to the Bible, it played a role in the conquest of the Land.
The Ark was briefly lost to the Philistines, but it was eventually installed in Jerusalem as that city became the capital of David’s kingdom.
The various elements of the Ark’s physical description are explained, as are areas of scholarly disagreement about what it looked like.
The chapter discusses the different Hebrew names used for the Ark and its treatment in different biblical sources.
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