Author:
Ben-Dor Benite, Zvi.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Descriptionix, 302 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Note: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.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-292) and index.
Note: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
