The book is a staple of the "ancient aliens" genre, following the style of Erich von Däniken.
The authors argue that the "Ancient of Days" described in the Zohar (a Jewish Kabbalistic text) was actually a of extraterrestrial origin. The manna machine
While praised for its creative engineering logic, it was famously featured in New Scientist on April Fools' Day , highlighting its status as an imaginative fringe theory rather than mainstream science. The book is a staple of the "ancient
They hypothesize the machine cultured a hardy form of chlorella algae to produce a nutritious "single-cell protein". They hypothesize the machine cultured a hardy form
The book suggests a nuclear reactor powered the device and was likely housed within the Ark of the Covenant , explaining the Ark's dangerous "holy" power.
(1978) is a speculative non-fiction book by George Sassoon and Rodney Dale that proposes a technological explanation for the biblical "manna" that fed the Israelites. The Theory
Sassoon and Dale, both engineers, treated the Zohar as an rather than a religious text.