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their development of a nuclear arse-
nal.
Splicing the two plots together is
the omniscient presence of rival intel-
ligence agencies — spies and infor-
mants following their own private
agendas and marching orders.
If there is a work of fiction out
there half as interesting as this intrigu-
ing bombshell, I've yet to read it.
Which inevitably leads to a ques-
tion. Is any of this true? And if any of
it is true, where do we go from here? I
predict that many a librarian and
bookseller will be hard-pressed to
come up with a proper category for
The Gold of Exodus. Is it history?
Archaeology? Espionage? Religion? Or
— please, God, no — New Age Meta-
physical Speculation? The book itself
comes full circle to its own starting-off
point and then chooses to remain
there.
I'm intrigued by everything Blum
puts forward and I think he deserves
high marks — very high marks,
indeed — for writing a page-turner of
the highest order. But the earnest
reader who opens these pages should
be advised to take their content with a
dose of salt as large as Lot's unfortu-
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