The GOLD OF EXODUS: The Discovery of the True Mount Sinai [Abridged, Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

Howard Blum (Author), Boyd Gaines (Reader)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 1998

Bestselling author Howard Blum tells the amazing story of a daring and dangerous attempt to find the site of the true Mt. Sinai in this Indiana Jones-type adventure with the Old Testament as the only guide, involving spies, kidnapping, military secrets, and priceless treasure. Both a historical puzzle and a high-tech adventure, this book contains dramatic, headline-making revelations about the most holy place in the Bible. Simultaneous hardcover release from Simon & Schuster. 4 cassettes. .

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What do get when you mix Indiana Jones with the CIA and a PBS documentary? The Gold of Exodus, the riveting true story of lost treasure, international conspiracy, and biblical legend. Boyd Gaines reads Howard Blum's account of two fortune seekers' quest for the mythical gold of Moses in a convincing, authoritative voice, instantly drawing the listener into the actual events surrounding the mystery of the millennium. He switches in and out of character with the ease of a vaudeville ventriloquist, imitating everyone from rough-and-tumble Texans to angry Arabs with menacing accents. The story centers around the quest of millionaire adventurer Larry Williams and ex-cop Bob Cornuke to find Old Testament treasure, the Israeli gold left behind on Mt. Sinai when Moses led his people out of Egypt. However, Williams and Burke get much more than they ever imagined: a convoluted collusion, more spies than you can shake a stick at, and shotgun-wielding nomads on a mission from Allah. Jabal al Lawz, the suspected Mt. Sinai, is a remote mountain in Saudi Arabia that holds much more than buried booty; it's also a military lair stuffed with enough nuclear contraband to blow Israel to kingdom come and back again--a secret that may cost Williams and Cornuke their lives. (Four cassettes; running time: 4.5 hours)

From Library Journal

As recounted by best-selling journalist Blum, two men using the Old Testament as a guide set out to find the spot where God supposedy talked to Moses?and the gold the Hebrews brought with them from Egypt.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Audioworks; Abridged edition (February 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671576879
• ISBN-13: 978-0671576875
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (74 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,989,179 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #37 in Books > Books on Cassette > Nonfiction > True Accounts

More About the Author

Having started out my career as a reporter for the NY Times, I've moved on to being an author. And while I'm still writing non-fiction, I'm now more focused in writing books that are driven by characters and a sustained narrative. I live in Connecticut and am the father of 3 teenagers - one in college, one starting next year, and one still struggling through high school geometry. My tenth book will be published by Crown/Random House April 26. It's entitled THE FLOOR OF HEAVEN and its a true story about a cowboy turned Pinkerton detective who goes off to the Yukon Gold Rush to pursue a puzzling and suspenseful case. Twentieth Century Fox just bought the film rights, and I find the prospect of a movie based on the book to be exciting - as do the bursars at the colleges attended by my kids.

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25 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Totally Convincing..supports Bible's Authenticity, November 9, 1999

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Jon VanHemelryck ([e-mail]) (Hawaii) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Gold of Exodus (Hardcover)

I bought the book right after it was published. I couldn't put the book down....I read it all in just a few readings. I then recommended the book to others who were also fascinated after reading it It convinced me and others that the true Mt. Sinai is in Saudi Arabia.

Others who are giving it low ratings are probably looking for data to disprove the Bible. Now we have further archeological evidence supporting the reality of the Bible, the Exodus, the plagues of Egypt, etc., and of course the Ten Commandments and the supernatural parting of the Red Sea. Charleton Heston acted as Moses in the well known 10 Commandments movie based heavily on a historically true account, with help from this book.

I recently saw two documentary movies: One related to this book with videos and photos and interviews adding more evidence supporting the reality of both books, The Gold of Exodus and the Bible. The second was about the discovery of the likely location for the Ark of the Covenant which contains the 10 Commandments. Bob Cornuke, who was one of the treasure seekers in Gold of Exodus, traveled to Ethiopia to find its location, as well as author Graham Hancock, writer of the Sign & the Seal: The Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant. What exciting times. Noah's ark next?

I recommend reading the Gold of Exodus and the Sign and the Seal for awesome and true archeological adventure stories.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Provocative, October 31, 2001

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Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The GOLD OF EXODUS (Mass Market Paperback)

In this book, author Howard Blum chronicles the adventures of Larry Williams and Bob Cornuke, treasure hunters. When Larry receives a letter, which suggests that Mount Sinai is not actually in the Sinai Peninsula but in Saudi Arabia, he determines to go retrieve the treasure left there by the Israelites-the gold of Exodus. However, unknown to Larry and Bob, that same Arabian mountain is a main part of the Saudi "Operation Falcon," the Saudi building of a first-strike capable nuclear missile program.

This book is written like an adventure novel. Following a narrative, that includes numerous flashbacks, asides and sidebars, the story weaves together the treasure hunt of Larry and Bob with the espionage activities of the Mossad and Saudis. Overall, I am not at all certain what one can believe about this story; it includes in-depth reporting of meetings of the Saudi royal family, plus the secret working of the Mossad.

That said, though, I did find this an interesting book, with a provocative subject.

[If you are interested in similar archaeo-investigative stories, then I highly recommend Nicholas Clapp's The Road to Ubar and Sheba.]

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining "Indiana Jones" style adventure..., March 22, 2002

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This review is from: The Gold of Exodus (Hardcover)

Blum's dramatization of Williams and Cornuke's "rediscovery" of evidence for a non-traditional location of biblical Mt. Sinai. The discoveries point to Jebel al Lawz in Saudi Arabia rather than the traditional Jebel Musa in the Sinai peninsula as being the mountain where the Ten Commandments were given to Moses by God. Actually, Ron Wyatt was the first to document the same evidence in the 70s and 80s so there are no new revelations or great discoveries revealed in this book.