The ten lost tribes : a world history
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The ten lost tribes : a world history
Oxford University Press, 2013
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"First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 2013"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-292) and index
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Description
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 The Ten Lost Tribes, 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.
As the book reveals, the quest for the missing tribes and the fervent belief that their restitution marked a necessary step toward global redemption have been threaded through countless historical moments-from the formation of the first ''world'' empires to the age of discovery, and from the spread of European imperialism to the rise of modern-day evangelical apocalypticism. More than a historical survey of an enduring myth, The Ten Lost Tribes offers a unique prism through which to
view the many facets of encounters between cultures, the processes of colonization, and the growth of geographical knowledge.
Table of Contents
- A Note on Transliterations
- Introduction: Ten Lost Tribes and Their Places
- 1. Assyrian Tributes
- 2. An Enclosed Nation in Arzareth and Sambatyon
- 3. Tricksters and Travels
- 4. "A Mighty Multitude of Israelites"
- 5. Concordia Mundi
- 6. Hopes of Israel
- Conclusion: To Find the Ten Lost Tribes
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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