Joshua’s Altar: A Nation Born (The Altar on Mount Ebal and the Birth of Israel)

by Adam Zertal

Publisher:

Lipkin Tours

, 2024

Overview

For centuries, archeologists have been looking for the altar that Joshua son of Noon built following the commands of Moses.

The altar was not found. This led many archeologists to claim that the ceremony of the Blessings and the Curses on Mt. Ebal and Mt. Gerizim- never happened.

The principal debate concerning whether the bible’s early chapters, which describe the dawn of the Israelite nation, are historically credible. For centuries, the world’s leading scholars have mulled over this contentious question, yet it remains unanswered. Each one stands guard behind his or her own method and point of view.

In 1981, a young secular archeologist leads a survey of Mt. Ebal. He stumbles upon a big pile of stone circled by a strange looking enclosure.

Little did he know that he found what is probably the most important archeological discovery of the 20th century?

This book describes the stages of Zertal’s discovery of an Israelite altar believed to be the famous Altar of Joshua.

Key Features

• Describes the discovery of an Israelite altar believed to be the Altar of Joshua
• Discusses the historical credibility of the Bible’s early chapters regarding the Israelite nation
• Presents a discovery that may settle the debate on the ceremony of the Blessings and Curses

Contents

• List of Figures
• Foreword
• Chronological Table
• Introduction
• 01 – On Horseback: The First Researchers
• 02 – An Uncharted Samaria
• 03 – A Modest Roof of the World
• 04 – Bones and Ashes
• 05 – The Breakthrough
• 06 – Counterstrike
• 07 – The Birth of Israel: Under the Lens
• 08 – Gainsayers
• 09 – The Fire that Rose up from the Rock
• 10 – The Bible Comes to our Assistance
• 11 – A Watchtower Guarding the Fields
• 12 – Distant Brothers
• 13 – Beyond the Westward Road
• 14 – In Abu Rujeib‘s Tent
• 15 – Fortified Cities in the Sky
• 16 – The Daughters of Zelophehad
• 17 – Go up to the Forest
• 18 – In the Land of the Canaanites
• 19 – New Discoveries
• 20 – A Single Destiny
• Bibliography
• Appendix 1 – Where To?

Product Details

• Title: Joshua’s Altar: A Nation Born (The Altar on Mount Ebal and the Birth of Israel)
• Author: Adam Zertal
• Publisher: Lipkin Tours
• Print Publication Date: 2024
• Pages: 272
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9780999620205, 0999620207
• Resource ID: LLS:NTNBRNLTBRTHSRL
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-12-05T17:10:44Z

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