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Lost Tribes and Promised Lands: Unraveling History's Enduring Mysteries
Have you ever felt the pull of a story whispered across centuries, a tale of vanished peoples and mythical homelands? The idea of "lost tribes and promised lands" resonates deeply within the human psyche, igniting imaginations and fueling quests for both historical accuracy and spiritual fulfillment. This post delves into the fascinating, often controversial, world of lost tribes, exploring their historical context, the legends surrounding them, and the enduring search for their promised lands. We'll navigate through fact and fiction, examining various examples and considering the enduring impact these narratives have on our understanding of history, culture, and faith.
H2: Defining "Lost Tribes" and "Promised Lands"
Before embarking on this journey, it's crucial to define our terms. "Lost tribes" typically refers to groups of people who have, for various reasons, disappeared from historical records or whose origins remain shrouded in mystery. These groups might have assimilated into larger populations, migrated to remote regions, or suffered catastrophic events leading to their decline. The "promised land," on the other hand, is a concept laden with religious and cultural significance. It denotes a place of refuge, prosperity, and spiritual fulfillment – a divinely ordained homeland or utopian ideal. This concept varies significantly across different cultures and belief systems.
H2: The Ten Lost Tribes of Israel: A Case Study
The most well-known example of a "lost tribe" narrative is the story of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. According to biblical accounts, after the kingdom of Israel split, ten of the twelve tribes were exiled, disappearing from historical records around the 8th century BCE. Their fate has been a subject of intense speculation for millennia. Various groups throughout history – from the Afghans to the Ethiopians to even certain Native American tribes – have claimed descent from these lost tribes. While definitive proof remains elusive, the persistent search reflects the enduring power of this particular narrative and its impact on cultural identity.
H3: The Archaeological and Genetic Evidence
Archaeological investigations have yielded mixed results. While certain artifacts and settlements might suggest potential connections, no single piece of evidence conclusively proves the fate of the Ten Lost Tribes. Similarly, genetic studies offer intriguing possibilities, but conclusions remain tentative due to the complexity of genetic migration and intermingling over such vast stretches of time.
H2: Other Examples of "Lost Tribes" and "Promised Lands"
The concept of lost tribes isn't limited to the biblical narrative. Many cultures possess similar legends, each with its unique historical context and mythical underpinnings. For example:
H3: The Lost City of Atlantis: This legendary island civilization, described by Plato, continues to capture the imagination. Although generally considered a myth, the enduring fascination with Atlantis reflects our inherent desire to uncover lost civilizations and utopian societies.
H3: The Lemurian Civilization: This hypothetical continent, believed to have existed in the Pacific Ocean, is another example of a lost civilization often associated with a mythical "promised land." Similar tales exist across various cultures, demonstrating a universal human interest in vanished worlds and ancestral homelands.
H2: The Psychological and Spiritual Significance
The enduring appeal of "lost tribes and promised lands" narratives extends beyond historical inquiry. These stories often serve as powerful metaphors for identity, belonging, and the search for meaning. The quest for a lost homeland can be viewed as a reflection of our innate human desire for connection to our past, a yearning for a sense of belonging, and a hope for a better future. In many religious and spiritual contexts, the "promised land" symbolizes a state of spiritual enlightenment, peace, or paradise.
H2: The Dangers of Misinterpretation and Misuse
It is crucial to approach these narratives with critical thinking. The search for lost tribes and promised lands has, at times, been exploited for political agendas, leading to cultural appropriation, the justification of colonialism, or the promotion of unsubstantiated claims. It is vital to engage with these stories responsibly, separating fact from fiction, and respecting the diverse cultural contexts in which they originated.
Conclusion:
The enduring fascination with "lost tribes and promised lands" reveals a fundamental aspect of the human condition: our inherent desire for connection to our past, our yearning for a sense of belonging, and our unwavering hope for a better future. By engaging with these narratives thoughtfully and critically, we can gain valuable insights into history, culture, spirituality, and the complexities of human identity. The quest itself, the search for meaning and understanding, is often as significant as the discovery itself.
FAQs:
1. Are there any credible scientific findings supporting the existence of the Ten Lost Tribes? While some archaeological and genetic findings offer intriguing possibilities, no conclusive evidence definitively confirms the fate of the Ten Lost Tribes.
2. How do "lost tribes" narratives differ across various cultures? Narratives vary significantly depending on cultural context, religious beliefs, and historical circumstances, but they often share common themes of displacement, migration, and the search for a utopian homeland.
3. What are the ethical considerations involved in studying "lost tribes"? Researchers must approach such studies with sensitivity and respect, avoiding cultural appropriation or the perpetuation of harmful stereotypes. Collaboration with relevant communities is crucial.
4. How have "promised land" narratives shaped religious and political ideologies? The concept of a promised land has profoundly shaped religious and political ideologies, serving as a powerful motivating force in shaping identities and motivating movements throughout history.
5. Can the search for "lost tribes and promised lands" be considered a form of collective memory? Yes, the enduring search can be seen as a manifestation of collective memory, a shared cultural narrative that shapes identity and fuels ongoing historical and anthropological inquiry.
| lost tribes and promised lands: Lost Tribes and Promised Lands Ronald Sanders, 1992 An utterly revelatory work. Unprecedented in scope, detail, and ambition. |
| lost tribes and promised lands: The Lost Tribes of Israel Tudor Parfitt, 2002 Tudor Parfitt examines a myth which is based on one of the world's oldest mysteries - what happened to the lost tribes of Israel? Christians and Jews alike have attached great importance to the legendary fate of these tribes which has had a remarkable impact on their ideologies throughout history. Each tribe of Israel claimed descent from one of the twelve sons of Jacob and the land of Israel was eventually divided up between them. Following a schism which formed after the death of Solomon, ten of the tribes set up an independent northern kingdom, whilst those of Judah and Levi set up a separate southern kingdom. In 721BC the ten northern tribes were ethnically cleansed by the Assyrians and the Bible states they were placed: in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan and in the city of Medes. The Bible also foretold that one day they would be reunited with the southern tribes in the final redemption of the people of Israel. Their subsequent history became a tapestry of legend and hearsay. The belief persisted that they had been lost in some remote part of the world and there were countless suggestions and claims as to where. |
| lost tribes and promised lands: My Promised Land Ari Shavit, 2013-11-19 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “A deeply reported, deeply personal history of Zionism and Israel that does something few books even attempt: It balances the strength and weakness, the idealism and the brutality, the hope and the horror, that has always been at Zionism’s heart.”—Ezra Klein, The New York Times Winner of the Natan Book Award, the National Jewish Book Award, and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Ari Shavit’s riveting work, now updated with new material, draws on historical documents, interviews, and private diaries and letters, as well as his own family’s story, to create a narrative larger than the sum of its parts: both personal and of profound historical dimension. As he examines the complexities and contradictions of the Israeli condition, Shavit asks difficult but important questions: Why did Israel come to be? How did it come to be? Can it survive? Culminating with an analysis of the issues and threats that Israel is facing, My Promised Land uses the defining events of the past to shed new light on the present. Shavit’s analysis of Israeli history provides a landmark portrait of a small, vibrant country living on the edge, whose identity and presence play a crucial role in today’s global political landscape. |
| lost tribes and promised lands: Trust in the Land Beth Rose Middleton Manning, 2011-02-15 “The Earth says, God has placed me here. The Earth says that God tells me to take care of the Indians on this earth; the Earth says to the Indians that stop on the Earth, feed them right. . . . God says feed the Indians upon the earth.” —Cayuse Chief Young Chief, Walla Walla Council of 1855 America has always been Indian land. Historically and culturally, Native Americans have had a strong appreciation for the land and what it offers. After continually struggling to hold on to their land and losing millions of acres, Native Americans still have a strong and ongoing relationship to their homelands. The land holds spiritual value and offers a way of life through fishing, farming, and hunting. It remains essential—not only for subsistence but also for cultural continuity—that Native Americans regain rights to land they were promised. Beth Rose Middleton examines new and innovative ideas concerning Native land conservancies, providing advice on land trusts, collaborations, and conservation groups. Increasingly, tribes are working to protect their access to culturally important lands by collaborating with Native and non- Native conservation movements. By using private conservation partnerships to reacquire lost land, tribes can ensure the health and sustainability of vital natural resources. In particular, tribal governments are using conservation easements and land trusts to reclaim rights to lost acreage. Through the use of these and other private conservation tools, tribes are able to protect or in some cases buy back the land that was never sold but rather was taken from them. Trust in the Land sets into motion a new wave of ideas concerning land conservation. This informative book will appeal to Native and non-Native individuals and organizations interested in protecting the land as well as environmentalists and government agencies. |
| lost tribes and promised lands: Losing a Lost Tribe Simon G. Southerton, 2004 For the past 175 years, the Latter-day Saint Church has taught that Native Americans and Polynesians are descended from ancient seafaring Israelites. Recent DNA research confirms what anthropologists have been saying for nearly as many years, that Native Americans are originally from Siberia and Polynesians from Southeast Asia. In the current volume, molecular biologist Simon Southerton explains the theology and the science and how the former is being reshaped by the latter. In the Book of Mormon, the Jewish prophet Lehi says the following after arriving by boat in America in 600 BCE: Wherefore, I, Lehi, have obtained a promise, that inasmuch as those whom the Lord God shall bring out of the land of Jerusalem shall keep his commandments, they shall prosper upon the face of this land; and they shall be kept from all other nations, that they may possess this land unto themselves (2 Ne. 1:9). |
| lost tribes and promised lands: The Myth of the Twelve Tribes of Israel Andrew Tobolowsky, 2023-06-08 The Myth of the Twelve Tribes of Israel is the first study to treat the history of claims to an Israelite identity as an ongoing historical phenomenon from biblical times to the present. By treating the Hebrew Bible's accounts of Israel as one of many efforts to construct an Israelite history, rather than source material for later legends, Andrew Tobolowsky brings a long-term comparative approach to biblical and nonbiblical Israelite histories. In the process, he sheds new light on how the structure of the twelve tribes tradition enables the creation of so many different visions of Israel, and generates new questions: How can we explain the enduring power of the myth of the twelve tribes of Israel? How does becoming Israel work, why has it proven so popular, and how did it change over time? Finally, what can the changing shape of Israel itself reveal about those who claimed it? |
| lost tribes and promised lands: The Twelve Tribes of Hattie (Oprah's Book Club 2.0 Digital Edition) Ayana Mathis, 2012-12-06 The newest Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 selection: this special eBook edition of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis features exclusive content, including Oprah’s personal notes highlighted within the text, and a reading group guide. The arrival of a major new voice in contemporary fiction. A debut of extraordinary distinction: Ayana Mathis tells the story of the children of the Great Migration through the trials of one unforgettable family. In 1923, fifteen-year-old Hattie Shepherd flees Georgia and settles in Philadelphia, hoping for a chance at a better life. Instead, she marries a man who will bring her nothing but disappointment and watches helplessly as her firstborn twins succumb to an illness a few pennies could have prevented. Hattie gives birth to nine more children whom she raises with grit and mettle and not an ounce of the tenderness they crave. She vows to prepare them for the calamitous difficulty they are sure to face in their later lives, to meet a world that will not love them, a world that will not be kind. Captured here in twelve luminous narrative threads, their lives tell the story of a mother’s monumental courage and the journey of a nation. Beautiful and devastating, Ayana Mathis’s The Twelve Tribes of Hattie is wondrous from first to last—glorious, harrowing, unexpectedly uplifting, and blazing with life. An emotionally transfixing page-turner, a searing portrait of striving in the face of insurmountable adversity, an indelible encounter with the resilience of the human spirit and the driving force of the American dream. |
| lost tribes and promised lands: The Cross and its Shadow Stephen Nelson Haskell , 2014-01-28 Eternity can never fathom the depth of love revealed in the cross of Calvary, writes Haskell. It was there that the infinite love of Christ and the unbounded selfishness of Satan stood face to face. The entire system of Judaism, with its types and symbols, was a shadow of the cross, extending from Calvary back to the gate of Eden, and contained a compacted prophecy of the gospel. This book contains the following chapters: Section I. The Sanctuary I. Light in the Darkness II. The Tabernacle III. History of the Sanctuary Section II. The Furniture of the Sanctuary IV. The Ark V. The Golden Candlestick VI. The Table of Showbread VII. Altar of Incense and Its Service Section III. The Priesthood VIII. Christ Our High Priest IX. Office and Work of the High Priest X. The Priests XI. The Levites XII. Garments of the Priests Section IV. Springtime Annual Feasts XIII. The Passover XIV. The Feast of Unleavened Bread XV. The Offering of the First-Fruits XVI. Pentecost Section V. Various Offerings XVII. The Sin-Offering XVIII. The Burnt-Offering XIX. The Drink-Offering XX. The Meat-Offering XXI. The Trespass-Offering XXII. The Offering of the Red Heifer XXIII. The Peace-Offering XXIV. The Cleansing of the Leper Section VI. Services of the Sanctuary XXV. The Court and Its Services XXVI. The Work in the First Apartment of the Sanctuary XXVII. A Wonderful Prophecy Section VII. The Autumnal Annual Feasts XXVIII. The Feast of Trumpets XXIX. The Day of Atonement, or the Work in the Second Apartment XXX. Duty of the Congregation on the Day of Atonement XXXI. The Nature of the Judgment XXXII. The Feast of Tabernacles Section VIII. Levitical Laws and Ceremonies XXXIII. The Jubilee XXXIV. The Cities of Refuge XXXV. The Rock XXXVI. Various Levitical Laws and Ceremonies Section IX. The Tribes of Israel XXXVII. Reuben XXXVIII. Simeon XXXIX. Levi XL. Judah XLI. Naphtali XLII. Gad XLIII. Asher XLIV. Issachar XLV. Zebulun XLVI. Joseph XLVII. Benjamin XLVIII. Manasseh XLIX. The One Hundred and Forty-Four Thousand L. The Lost Tribes |
| lost tribes and promised lands: Pagans in the Promised Land Steven T. Newcomb, 2008 An analysis of how religious bias shaped U.S. federal Indian law.-- |
| lost tribes and promised lands: Origins of the American Indians Lee Eldridge Huddleston, 2015-02-26 The American Indian—origin, culture, and language—engaged the best minds of Europe from 1492 to 1729. Were the Indians the result of a co-creation? Were they descended from the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel? Could they have emigrated from Carthage, Phoenicia, or Troy? All these and many other theories were proposed. How could scholars account for the multiplicity of languages among the Indians, the differences in levels of culture? And how did the Indian arrive in America—by using as a bridge a now-lost continent or, as was later suggested by some persons in the light of an expanding knowledge of geography, by using the Bering Strait as a migratory route? Most of the theories regarding the American Indian were first advanced in the sixteenth century. In this distinctive book Lee E. Huddleston looks carefully into those theories and proposals. From many research sources he weaves an historical account that engages the reader from the very first. The two most influential men in an early-developing controversy over Indian origins were Joseph de Acosta and Gregorio García. Approaching the subject with restraint and with a critical eye, Acosta, in 1590, suggested that the presence of diverse animals in America indicated a land connection with the Old World. On the other hand, García accepted several theories as equally possible and presented each in the strongest possible light in his Origen de los indios of 1607. The critical position of Acosta and the credulous stand of García were both developed in Spanish writing in the seventeenth century. The Acostans settled on an Asiatic derivation for the Indians; the Garcians continued to accept most sources as possible. The Garcian position triumphed in Spain, as was shown by the republication of García’s Origen in 1729 with considerable additions consistent within the original framework. Outside of Spain, Acosta was the more influential of the two. His writings were critical in the thinking of such men as Joannes de Laet (who bested Grotius in their polemic on Indian origins), Georg Horn, and Samuel Purchas. By the end of the seventeenth century the Acostans of Northern Europe had begun to apply physical characteristics to the determination of Indian origins, and by the early eighteenth century these new criteria were beginning to place the question of Indian origins on a more nearly scientific level. |
| lost tribes and promised lands: The Ten Lost Tribes Zvi Ben-Dor Benite, 2013-11 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. |
| lost tribes and promised lands: Secularizing the Sacred Alec Mishory, 2019-07-22 As historical analyses of Diaspora Jewish visual culture blossom in quantity and sophistication, this book analyzes 19th-20th-century developments in Jewish Palestine and later the State of Israel. In the course of these approximately one hundred years, Zionist Israelis developed a visual corpus and artistic lexicon of Jewish-Israeli icons as an anchor for the emerging “civil religion.” Bridging internal tensions and even paradoxes, artists dynamically adopted, responded to, and adapted significant Diaspora influences for Jewish-Israeli purposes, as well as Jewish religious themes for secular goals, all in the name of creating a new state with its own paradoxes, simultaneously styled on the Enlightenment nation-state and Jewish peoplehood. |
| lost tribes and promised lands: The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 Joseph Wild, 2018-04-05 Reproduction of the original: The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 by Joseph Wild |
| lost tribes and promised lands: The Ten Lost Tribes Rev. Joseph Wild, 2015-01-06 This book details the scriptures that apply to the Lost Tribes of Israel. It shows how many of them went to Ireland, England, and other European regions. It also covers the great pyramid, Bible prophecy, and the throne of David. A great resource for learning about the British-Israel connection. |
| lost tribes and promised lands: The Promised Land Mary Antin, 2018-08-31 This compelling autobiography narrates the story of immigration rights activist Mary Antin, and her enlightening journey from early life in Russia to her migration and Americanisation in late nineteenth-century USA. The Promised Land is an introspective first-hand account of life as a Jewish American immigrant. Mary Antin was just 12-years-old when she arrived in Boston with her family and she underwent a great deal of change and development before she could call the USA her home. Antin’s autobiography details how the young Jewish girl escaped Czarist Russia and adapted to an entirely new culture and lifestyle. Antin explores her memories of public school and accompanies powerful historical context with hard-hitting political commentary. The Promised Land is one person’s story, but speaks for the millions who have had all too similar experiences. This gripping volume includes fascinating chapters such as: - Children of the Law - Daily Bread - The Exodus - The Initiation - ‘My Country’ - A Child’s Paradise Now in a new edition, Read & Co. Books have republished this illuminating autobiography for a new generation of readers. The Promised Land is a great read for those interested in the history of immigration rights and for fans of Mary Antin’s work. |
| lost tribes and promised lands: The Making of New World Slavery Robin Blackburn, 2020-05-05 The Making of New World Slavery argues that independent commerce, geared to burgeoning consumer markets, was the driving force behind the rise of plantation slavery. The baroque state sought-successfully-to feed upon this commerce and-with markedly less success-to regulate slavery and racial relations. To illustrate this thesis, Blackburn examines the deployment of slaves in the colonial possessions of the Portuguese, the Spanish, the Dutch, the English and the French. Plantation slavery is shown to have emerged from the impulses of civil society, not from the strategies of individual states. Robin Blackburn argues that the organization of slave plantations placed the West on a destructive path to modernity and that greatly preferable alternatives were both proposed and rejected. Finally, he shows that the surge of Atlantic trade, predicated on the murderous toil of the plantations, made a decisive contribution to both the Industrial Revolution and the rise of the West. |
| lost tribes and promised lands: "We Hold These Truths to be Self-evident-- " Kenneth N. Addison, 2009 We hold these truths to be self evident... An Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Roots of Racism and Slavery in America delves into the philosophical, historical, socio/cultural and political evolution of racism and slavery in America. The premise of this work is that racism and slavery in America are the result of an unintentional historical intertwining of various Western philosophical, religious, cultural, social, economic, and political strands of thought that date back to the Classical Era. These strands have become tangled in a Gordian knot, which can only be unraveled through the bold application of a variety of multidisciplinary tools. By doing so, this book is intended help the reader understand how the United States, a nation that claims all men are created equal, could be responsible for slavery and the intractable threads of racism and inequality that have become woven into its cultural the fabric. |
| lost tribes and promised lands: Hiding The Hebrews: Did America Kidnap The Lost Tribes of Israel? Dante Fortson, Are the tribes of Israel really lost or were they hidden as prophesied in Psalms 83? The Bible seems to indicate a multi national conspiracy to hide Israel and wipe out the memory of who they really are. If this is true, then history as we know it has been hijacked, and it is only through searching that we will find the truth. In this book, you'll find the answers to the following questions, just to name a few: Why does a 1747 English map place the tribe of Judah on the slave coast of Africa? Why do slave ledgers show slaves being registered with Hebrew names fresh off of the ships? Why did slaves sing songs in Hebrew and call out to Yah for help? Why did Christ mention the slavery of Israel as a sign of the end of the age? Are the times of the Gentiles coming to an end? If you are 100% honest with yourself as you find the answers to these questions, your eyes will be opened. If you’re ready to start this eye opening adventure through scripture then keep reading. ISRAEL IS STILL A NATION TO GOD AND ALWAYS WILL BE! “Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name: If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever. Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD.” – Jeremiah 31:35-37 |
| lost tribes and promised lands: Undeniable: Full Color Evidence of Black Israelites In The Bible Dante Fortson, “Then they fasted that day, and put on sackcloth, and cast ashes upon their heads, and rent their clothes, and laid open the book of the law, wherein the heathen had sought to paint the likeness of their images.” - 1 Maccabees 3:47-48 Undeniable is the perfect outreach tool to connect with anyone that is skeptical of the claim that the Israelites of the Bible are were black, and have always been black. This is first and foremost an outreach tool, but it also makes a great gift for anyone that wants to see the hard evidence. + Full Color Images + Minimal Commentary + Designed To Start The Conversation Inside of the book you'll find: + Maps + Paintings + Statues + Explorer Journal Entries + Memorandum To The President of The United States All of the evidence adds up to the fact that there was a multi national conspiracy to kidnap, enslave, and hide the true history of Negroes scattered all over the world through the Transatlantic Slave Trade. There has been a conscious concerted effort to steer people away from the truth that Israel fled into Africa in 70 A.D. and still inhabits many areas of the continent. |
| lost tribes and promised lands: The Promise of the Land Moshe Weinfeld, 1993 Written by one of the outstanding biblical scholars in the world, this book is very important, not only as technical biblical criticism but also for its treatment of one of the most pressing and controversial issues of our own time.--David N. Freedman, co-editor of The Archaeology of the Bible |
| lost tribes and promised lands: Book of Commandments, for the Government of the Church of Christ Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 1884 |
| lost tribes and promised lands: From Babylon to Timbuktu Rudolph Windsor, 2023-11-02 |
| lost tribes and promised lands: The Lost Tribes of Israel Reader Harris, 2014 |
| lost tribes and promised lands: God's Land Promise to Israel Boyd Luter, 2021-10 God made a promise to Abraham that included not only descendants and a blessing but also physical land. So why is there such a history of turmoil over the Jewish homeland? In this book Boyd Luter offers a scholarly exploration of the following questions: What are the conditions of God's promise to His chosen people? Why should Gentile believers be concerned with how Jewish history affects the future? What is the deeper meaning of the language structure of Scripture, considering its oral origins? How does Scripture give witness to God's ongoing commitment to the people of Israel in relationship to the lands of the patriarchs? God's promise is an extension of Himself--eternal and unchanging--and He is faithful to fulfill His divine intent (even if we can't see it yet). |
| lost tribes and promised lands: We Become What we Worship G K Beale, 2020-05-21 The heart of the biblical understanding of idolatry, argues Gregory Beale, is that we take on the characteristics of what we worship. Employing Isaiah 6 as his interpretive lens, Beale demonstrates that this understanding of idolatry permeates the whole canon, from Genesis to Revelation. Beale concludes with an application of the biblical notion of idolatry to the challenges of contemporary life. |
| lost tribes and promised lands: Twelve Tribes Ethan Michaeli, 2021-11-16 An illuminating and richly descriptive (New York Times Book Review) portrait of contemporary Israel, revealing the diversity of this extraordinary yet volatile nation by weaving together personal histories of ordinary citizens from all walks of life. “In Twelve Tribes, Ethan Michaeli proves he is a master portraitist – of lives, places, and cultures. His rendering of contemporary Israel crackles with energy, fueled by a historian’s vision and a journalist’s unrelenting curiosity.” — Evan Osnos, New York Times bestselling author of Age of Ambition and Wildland In 2015, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin warned that the country’s citizens were dividing into tribes: by class and ethnicity, by geography, and along lines of faith. In Twelve Tribes, award-winning author Ethan Michaeli portrays this increasingly fractured nation by intertwining interviews with Israelis of all tribes into a narrative of social and political change. Framed by Michaeli’s travels across the country over four years and his conversations with Israeli family, friends, and everyday citizens, Twelve Tribes illuminates the complex dynamics within the country, a collective drama with global consequences far beyond the ongoing conflict with the Palestinians. Readers will meet the aging revolutionaries who founded Israel’s kibbutz movement and the brilliant young people working for the country’s booming Big Tech companies. They will join thousands of ultra-Orthodox Haredim at a joyous memorial for a long-dead Romanian Rebbe in a suburb of Tel Aviv, and hear the life stories of Ethiopian Jews who were incarcerated and tortured in their homeland as “Prisoners of Zion” before they were able to escape to Israel. And they will be challenged, in turn, by portraits of Israeli Arabs navigating between the opportunities in a prosperous, democratic state and the discrimination they suffer as a vilified minority, as by interviews with both the Palestinians striving to build the institutions of a nascent state and the Israeli settlers seeking to establish a Jewish presence on the same land. Immersive and enlightening, Twelve Tribes is a vivid depiction of a modern state contending with ancient tensions and dangerous global forces at this crucial historic moment. Through extensive research and access to all sectors of Israeli society, Michaeli reveals Israel to be a land of paradoxical intersections and unlikely cohabitation—a place where all of the world’s struggles meet, and a microcosm for the challenges faced by all nations today. |
| lost tribes and promised lands: Who is Esau-Edom? Charles A. Weisman, 1996 |
| lost tribes and promised lands: Palestine: A Twice-Promised Land? Isaiah Friedman, 2018-04-17 In this book, Isaiah Friedman examines one of the most complex problems that bedeviled Middle East politics in the interwar period, one that still remains controversial. The prevailing view is that during World War I the British government made conflicting commitments to the Arabs, to the French, and to the Jews. Through a rigorous examination of the documentary evidence, Friedman demolishes the myth that Palestine was a twice-promised land and shows that the charges of fraudulence and deception leveled against the British are groundless. Central to Arab claims on Palestine was a letter dated 24 October 1915, from Sir Henry McMahon, the British High Commissioner in Egypt, to King Hussein, the Sharif of Mecca, pledging Arab independence. Friedman shows that this letter was conditional on a general Arab uprising against the Turks. Predicated on reciprocal action, the letter committed the British to recognize and uphold Arab independence in the areas of the Fertile Crescent once it was liberated by the Arabs themselves. As all evidence shows, few tribes rebelled against the Turks. The Arabs in Palestine, Syria, and Mesopotamia fought for the Ottoman Empire against the British. In addition to its non-binding nature, McMahon's letter has been misinterpreted with respect to the territories it covers. Friedman's archival discovery of the Arabic version actually read by Hussein indisputably shows that Palestine was not included in the British pledge. Indeed, Hussein welcomed the return of the Jews just as his son Emir Feisal believed that Arab-Jewish cooperation would be a means to build Arab independence without the interference of the European powers. Myth-shattering and meticulously documented, Palestine: A Twice-Promised Land? is revisionist history in the truest sense of the word. |
| lost tribes and promised lands: American Holocaust David E. Stannard, 1992 This controversial treatise focuses on the social and cultural issues involved in the invasion of the Americas by European nations. It describes the suppression or extermination of native cultures, and focuses on the cultural and ideological principles behind the colonization efforts. |
| lost tribes and promised lands: The Ten Tribes of Israel Timothy R. Jenkins, 1883 |
| lost tribes and promised lands: The Lower East Side Ronald Sanders, 2013-02-19 Collection of evocative photographs chronicles evolution of immigrant neighborhood from 1870s to 1920 as waves of Jewish immigrants arrived from Eastern Europe. 99 black-and-white photographs. Introduction. Bibliography. |
| lost tribes and promised lands: The Treaty of Waitangi Claudia Orange, 2015-12-21 The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 by over 500 chiefs, and by William Hobson, representing the British Crown. To the British it was the means by which they gained sovereignty over New Zealand. But to Maori people it had a very different significance, and they are still affected by the terms of the Treaty, often adversely.The Treaty of Waitangi, the first comprehensive study of the Treaty, deals with its place in New Zealand history from its making to the present day. The story covers the several Treaty signings and the substantial differences between Maori and English texts; the debate over interpretation of land rights and the actions of settler governments determined to circumvent Treaty guarantees; the wars of sovereignty in the 1860s and the longstanding Maori struggle to secure a degree of autonomy and control over resources. --Publisher. |
| lost tribes and promised lands: Igbo-Israel Odi Moghalu, 2015-09-09 The legend of The Lost Tribes of Israel remained for scholars, historians, archeologists, anthropologists and Hebraists a fascinating topic for millennia. When Israel faced an imperial conquest in the hands of the Assyrian empire in 722 B.C. as earlier warned by prophets Isaiah and Hosea, the nation also went on exile and into what seemed oblivion. A people who for penalty of apostasy became a dispersed people across the globe for nearly three thousand years creating a puzzle of identity and location for so long has suddenly began to emerge from the shadows of time. The account of their journey and experiences over this period had largely remained conjectures as they assimilated amongst foreign cultures. The Igbo, sojourned in the two sides of lower Niger, one of Africas great rivers second only to the Nile and like other exiled tribes of Israel was relatively unknown to those who never had any contacts with them. The era of trans-Atlantic forced migrations and European colonization opened this connection. The exposition of a peoples beliefs, behavior, attitudes and values within religious, cultural and political context had only affirmed their origin and identity. |
| lost tribes and promised lands: The United States and Britain in Bible Prophecy United Church of God, 2010-09-10 What's ahead for the United States and Britain? Is the world's most powerful nation—the United States of America—overlooked in Bible prophecy? Why are relatively small powers like Egypt, Syria and Lebanon mentioned, but no nation recognizable as the United States can be found? What about other major English-speaking nations such as the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia? In fact, many prophecies do mention these nations. But, without a proper understanding of history and the Scriptures, few can identify these countries and understand what lies ahead for them. The Bible study aid booklet, The United States and Britain in Bible Prophecy, takes you on a remarkable journey through history and Bible prophecy to reveal an incredible story with sobering implications for the major English-speaking nations. You can't afford to be without this priceless information. Chapters in this ebook: -- Two Nations That Changed the World -- God's Commitment to Abraham and His Descendants -- What Is a Biblical Covenant? -- How God Shaped Israel's Future -- Does God Keep His Word? -- How Jacob Became Abraham's Heir -- Israel's Golden Age -- With Justice for All -- International Trade: A Source of Solomon's Wealth -- God's Covenant With David -- Were All the Israelites Deported? -- Are All Israelites Jews? -- The Mysterious Scythians Burst Into History -- Celts and Scythians Linked by Archaeological Discoveries -- Linguistic Links: What's in a Name? -- The Label Celt and Celtic Society -- Prophecies of Israel's Resettlement in Northwestern Europe -- Britain and the United States Inherit Joseph's Birthright -- Benjamin Disraeli: Maestro of Empire -- Advocates of British-Israelism -- The Bible In British and American History -- From Punishment to Destiny -- Dual Fulfillment in Bible Prophecy -- The Geography of Celtic-Scythian Commerce Inside this Bible Study Aid ebook: Why has history been so benevolent and economically generous to Britain and the United States? Why have they been blessed so favorably over the nations that preceded them in history? The answer lies in the understanding and fulfillment of biblical prophecy. God's promise to Abraham was not limited to a small and ancient people in the Middle East. It extends far into the future, and it is not limited by national boundaries. Where can we find the descendants of Joseph, the lost tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh? This list of blessings eliminates most of the nations of the world as contenders. To find them we must ask: Which nations possess these blessings in our world? When we understand that the modern descendants of Joseph are the people of the United States and Britain, we see that over the past three centuries God has been true to His promises. Though the United States and Britain do not appear in the Bible's prophecies of the end time under their present names, God hasn't ignored these nations. He identifies them in prophecy according to their ancestry. Most people simply haven't known where to look for them. |
| lost tribes and promised lands: Searching for Zion Emily Raboteau, 2013-01-08 From Jerusalem to Ghana to Katrina-ravaged New Orleans, a woman reclaims her history in a “beautifully written and thought-provoking” memoir (Dave Eggers, author of A Hologram for the King and Zeitoun). A biracial woman from a country still divided along racial lines, Emily Raboteau never felt at home in America. As the daughter of an African American religious historian, she understood the Promised Land as the spiritual realm black people yearned for. But while visiting Israel, the Jewish Zion, she was surprised to discover black Jews. More surprising was the story of how they got there. Inspired by their exodus, her question for them is the same one she keeps asking herself: have you found the home you’re looking for? In this American Book Award–winning inquiry into contemporary and historical ethnic displacement, Raboteau embarked on a ten-year journey around the globe and back in time to explore the complex and contradictory perspectives of black Zionists. She talked to Rastafarians and African Hebrew Israelites, Evangelicals and Ethiopian Jews—all in search of territory that is hard to define and harder to inhabit. Uniting memoir with cultural investigation, Raboteau overturns our ideas of place, patriotism, dispossession, citizenship, and country in “an exceptionally beautiful . . . book about a search for the kind of home for which there is no straight route, the kind of home in which the journey itself is as revelatory as the destination” (Edwidge Danticat, author of The Farming of Bones). |
| lost tribes and promised lands: American Shtetl Nomi M. Stolzenberg, David N. Myers, 2022-02-08 A compelling account of how a group of Hasidic Jews established its own local government on American soil Settled in the mid-1970s by a small contingent of Hasidic families, Kiryas Joel is an American town with few parallels in Jewish history—but many precedents among religious communities in the United States. This book tells the story of how this group of pious, Yiddish-speaking Jews has grown to become a thriving insular enclave and a powerful local government in upstate New York. While rejecting the norms of mainstream American society, Kiryas Joel has been stunningly successful in creating a world apart by using the very instruments of secular political and legal power that it disavows. Nomi Stolzenberg and David Myers paint a richly textured portrait of daily life in Kiryas Joel, exploring the community's guiding religious, social, and economic norms. They delve into the roots of Satmar Hasidism and its charismatic founder, Rebbe Joel Teitelbaum, following his journey from nineteenth-century Hungary to post–World War II Brooklyn, where he dreamed of founding an ideal Jewish town modeled on the shtetls of eastern Europe. Stolzenberg and Myers chart the rise of Kiryas Joel as an official municipality with its own elected local government. They show how constant legal and political battles defined and even bolstered the community, whose very success has coincided with the rise of political conservatism and multiculturalism in American society over the past forty years. Timely and accessible, American Shtetl unravels the strands of cultural and legal conflict that gave rise to one of the most vibrant religious communities in America, and reveals a way of life shaped by both self-segregation and unwitting assimilation. |
| lost tribes and promised lands: Lies My Teacher Told Me James W. Loewen, 2018-07-17 Every teacher, every student of history, every citizen should read this book. It is both a refreshing antidote to what has passed for history in our educational system and a one-volume education in itself. —Howard Zinn A new edition of the national bestseller and American Book Award winner, with a new preface by the author Since its first publication in 1995, Lies My Teacher Told Me has become one of the most important—and successful—history books of our time. Having sold nearly two million copies, the book also won an American Book Award and the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship and was heralded on the front page of the New York Times. For this new edition, Loewen has added a new preface that shows how inadequate history courses in high school help produce adult Americans who think Donald Trump can solve their problems, and calls out academic historians for abandoning the concept of truth in a misguided effort to be objective. What started out as a survey of the twelve leading American history textbooks has ended up being what the San Francisco Chronicle calls an extremely convincing plea for truth in education. In Lies My Teacher Told Me, James W. Loewen brings history alive in all its complexity and ambiguity. Beginning with pre-Columbian history and ranging over characters and events as diverse as Reconstruction, Helen Keller, the first Thanksgiving, the My Lai massacre, 9/11, and the Iraq War, Loewen offers an eye-opening critique of existing textbooks, and a wonderful retelling of American history as it should—and could—be taught to American students. |
| lost tribes and promised lands: Promised Land Marcus Colchester, 2006 |
| lost tribes and promised lands: Apocalyptic Commentary of the Book of Isaiah Avraham Gileadi, 2013-09-12 Renowned Hebrew scholar and literary analyst Avraham Gileadi presents an informed and enlightening interpretation of the most important prophecy in the Bible.He shows how the writing of the prophet Isaiah, though grounded in the history of the ancient Near East, make use of literary devices to predict the end of the world. |
| lost tribes and promised lands: The Exodus Richard Elliott Friedman, 2017-09-12 The Exodus has become a core tradition of Western civilization. Millions read it, retell it, and celebrate it. But did it happen? Biblical scholars, Egyptologists, archaeologists, historians, literary scholars, anthropologists, and filmmakers are drawn to it. Unable to find physical evidence until now, many archaeologists and scholars claim this mass migration is just a story, not history. Others oppose this conclusion, defending the biblical account. Like a detective on an intricate case no one has yet solved, pioneering Bible scholar and bestselling author of Who Wrote the Bible? Richard Elliott Friedman cuts through the noise — the serious studies and the wild theories — merging new findings with new insight. From a spectrum of disciplines, state-of-the-art archeological breakthroughs, and fresh discoveries within scripture, he brings real evidence of a historical basis for the exodus — the history behind the story. The biblical account of millions fleeing Egypt may be an exaggeration, but the exodus itself is not a myth. Friedman does not stop there. Known for his ability to make Bible scholarship accessible to readers, Friedman proceeds to reveal how much is at stake when we explore the historicity of the exodus. The implications, he writes, are monumental. We learn that it became the starting-point of the formation of monotheism, the defining concept of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Moreover, we learn that it precipitated the foundational ethic of loving one’s neighbors — including strangers — as oneself. He concludes, the actual exodus was the cradle of global values of compassion and equal rights today. |
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