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THE ARK OF THE COVENANT AND ISRAELITE INFLUENCES<br />

academic attitudes towards Ethiopian historical traditions, and encourage<br />

more universities, colleges, and high schools to include courses dealing<br />

with this subject in their curricula. The life of the Queen of <strong>Sheba</strong> is of<br />

vital importance in this process, and the queen can no longer be dismissed<br />

as a myth. If the <strong>Sheba</strong>-Menelik Cycle had never been written down it<br />

would probably have been impossible to make sense of the various<br />

traditions, linguistic oddities, inscriptions, archaeological remains and<br />

religious practices scattered throughout Arabia and the Horn of Africa. It is<br />

hoped that the ideas in this book, like the lectures that originally formed its<br />

nucleus, will continue to encourage new generations to investigate with a<br />

fresh perspective, free of bias and political considerations, these ancient<br />

epic stories that have had such a profound effect on world society.

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