Die Lade Jahwes im Alten Testament und in den Texten vom Toten Meer

The book examines the history of the genesis of those texts in the Old Testament where “The Ark of the Covenant” occurs. In these texts, fewer sources have turned out to be historically reliable than was hitherto assumed. It can be assumed that the Ark never stood in King Solomon’s Temple. Rather, the majority of the texts bear witness to the struggle of nascent Judaism with the old traditions. This can be seen in exemplary fashion in the (unsuccessful) research into the contents of the Ark. One final chapter is then devoted to the incidence of the Ark in the texts from Qumran on the Dead Sea.


Peter Porzig, Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen.