ISBN:
019530733X
,
9780195307337
Language:
English
Pages:
IX, 302 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
,
25 cm
Year of publication:
2009
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Ben-Dor Benite, Tsevi The ten lost tribes
DDC:
909/.04924
Keywords:
Lost tribes of Israel
;
Jews History
;
Jewish diaspora History
;
Lost tribes of Israel
;
Jews
;
History
;
Jewish diaspora
;
History
;
Stämme Israels
;
Diaspora
;
Geschichte
;
Juden
;
Weltgeschichte
Abstract:
The legendary story of the ten lost tribes of Israel has resonated among both Jews and Christians down through the centuries: the compelling idea that some core group of humanity was "lost" and exiled to a secret place, perhaps someday to return triumphant. In this fascinating book, Zvi Ben-Dor Benite shows for the first time the extent to which the search for the lost tribes of Israel became, over two millennia, an engine for global exploration and a key mechanism for understanding the world. --from publisher description
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: Ten lost tribes and their places -- Assyrian tributes -- An enclosed nation in Arzareth and Sambatyon -- Tricksters and travels -- "A mighty multitude of Israelites" -- Concordia mundi -- Hopes of Israel -- Conclusion: To find the ten lost tribes.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references p. [257] - 292 and index
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