Amy Dockser Marcus Libros

"Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Amy Dockser Marcus shows what happened when a group of parents joined forces with doctors and researchers to try to save children's lives. Parents whose children had been diagnosed with the rare and fatal genetic condition Niemann-Pick Type C disease recognized there would never be a treatment in time to save their children if things stayed the same, so the parents set up a collaboration with researchers and doctors in search of a cure. Their social experiment reveals new pathways for treating disease and conducting research"-- Provided by publisher

The accounts of the Holy Land's history in the Bible have for years been taken for granted. But recently, a body of dramatic discoveries has raised questions about many of the most widely accepted Biblical narratives. Amy Dockser Marcus examines this research, which is changing not only our understanding of Scripture but the face of the Middle East today. Marcus takes the reader on a tour of the Old Testament to reveal startling new discoveries about the history of that time, and reminds us that the problems that plague the modern Middle East have their roots in Biblical times -- and may find their solutions there, as well. -- Marcus's extensive research included visits to digs in Egypt, Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank, where she interviewed archaelogists, Bible scholars, government officials, and historians. -- Controversial new revelations include that Egyptian pyramids were not built by slaves, and probably not even by Israelites, and that the United Monarchy of David and Solomon was in fact separate states. -- Marcus presents a new solution to the problems in the Middle East.

Seit jeher ist die Bibel unser Leitfaden für die Geschichte des Nahen Ostens - eine Geschichte, die mit unglaublicher Kraft bis in unsere Zeit fortwirkt. Nun ist in der Krisenregion ein neuer Streit um den Wahrheitsgehalt der biblischen Geschichten entbrannt. Amy Dockser Marcus untersucht, wie die moderne Archäologie nicht nur unser Verständnis für die Heilige Schrift verändert, sondern auch das Bild des Nahen Ostens neu zeichnet. Mit einer überzeugenden Mischung aus Wissenschaft, Geschichte, Politik und Bibelforschung nimmt sie den Leser mit auf eine Reise durch die Bücher des Alten Testaments, und dabei legt sie neue, verblüffende Entdeckungen über die Geschichte jener Zeit offen.