<p>for Centuries Scholars Have Tried To Work Out Where Emmaus Was: Where, In Other Words, The Risen Christ Walked, Ate And Revealed Himself. It Is A Crucial Location In The Map Of Christian Belief, And One Of The Great Missing Links Of Christian Archaeology, Which Has Foxed Excavators And Biblical Detectives For More Than A Millennium And A Half. Where Is The True Site Of The Astonishing Event Recorded By St. Luke? The Trail Went Cold Long Ago, Or So It Seemed. Now Thiede Has Produced His Most Dramatic Find To Date. His Work Remains Highly Controversial And Will Cause A Storm In The Archaeological World When It Is Disclosed. The Lost Site Of Emmaus Is Rising Once Again From The Soil. Readers Will Be Astonished By This Book.</p> <h3>library Journal</h3> <p>the Last Book By The Late Anglican Priest Thiede (eyewitness To Jesus) Attempts To Identify The Exact Location Of The Village Of Emmaus, The Place Where, The Bible Says, Two Disciples Encountered The Risen Christ. Central To Thiede's Argument Is A Chapter On The Results Of An Archaeological Dig That He Oversaw At Qaloniyeh, Israel, Believed To Be The Site Of Emmaus. Other Sections Set The Biblical And Historical Context (the Roman Imperial Period Of The First Century C.e.) Against Which Thiede Interprets His Archaeological Evidence. He Does A Good Job Of Offering Various Alternate Interpretations Of His Historical And Archaeological Sources. Where His Method Fails, However, Is Using Archaeological Evidence As Proof Of The Historical Authenticity Of Luke's Emmaus Passage. Archaeology Can Provide Material Evidence That Cities Mentioned In The Bible Existed, But That Does Not Prove That The Actions So Described Actually Happened. The Book Is Well Written For A Broad General Audience, But Its Interpretation Goes Beyond What The Evidence Allows. Not Recommended.-charles Murray, C.s.s., Somersworth, Nj Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.</p>