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The Ten Lost Tribes: A World History
The Ten Lost Tribes: A World History
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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
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 09/01/2009
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.00w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780195307337
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/22/2009 pg. 40
Books & Culture 09/01/2009 pg. 31
Booklist 09/01/2009 pg. 28
Chronicle of Higher Education 09/25/2009 pg. 20
Choice 07/01/2010
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
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 09/01/2009
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.00w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780195307337
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/22/2009 pg. 40
Books & Culture 09/01/2009 pg. 31
Booklist 09/01/2009 pg. 28
Chronicle of Higher Education 09/25/2009 pg. 20
Choice 07/01/2010
About the Author
Zvi Ben-Dor Benite is an Associate Professor in the Department of History and the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University. He is the author of The Dao of Muhammad: A Cultural History of Muslims in Late Imperial China.
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