The Ten Lost Tribes: A World History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780199324538)

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.

Author: Zvi Ben-Dor Benite
ISBN-10: 0199324530
ISBN-13: 9780199324538
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 10/11/2013
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.80d