The Ten Lost Tribes: A World History 1st Edition by Zvi Ben-Dor Benite (PDF)

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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.

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Editorial Reviews: Review “An interesting and at times even a fascinating read into the efforts of many people over many centuries to rediscover, reclaim, and even restore lost Israel.”–BYU Studies Quarterly”This book constitutes a sophisticated, often riveting meditation on those who have dreamed about, sought after, investigated, and longed for the ten Israelite tribes deported (according to the biblical account) by the Assyrians in the eighth century B.C.E. to a remote location, after which they disappeared from human knowledge. More than a history of fantasy, however, Zvi Ben-Dor Benite’s survey brings together the variegated odalities–religious, political, scientific, and literary–in which such fixations have played themselves out.”–American Historical Review”Writing a ‘world history’ on this scale demands enviable linguistic and interdisciplinary skills, which Zvi Ben-Dor Benite has in abundance. …The Ten Lost Tribes [is] an exhilarating venture in intellectual history …[A] readable and enjoyable book.” –Books & Culture”Readers will marvel at how belief in the lost tribes benefits the ambitions of British imperialists and at how it has guided modern Israeli leaders in shaping their country’s repatriation policies. Scholarship of exceptional breadth, certain to attract a diverse readership.” –Booklist”The story of the lost tribes of Israel has been told before, but never placed so successfully within the context of global history. Zvi Ben-Dor Benite’s exceptional scholarly range, combined with his exquisite sensitivity to the relationship between presence and absence, promise and loss, will appeal to anyone fascinated with the ways myth-history and myth-geography function in the real time and real space of world events.” — John Gillis, Professor Emeritus of History, Rutgers University”From the Book of Isaiah to the Book of Mormon, the loss and recovery of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel were lamented and celebrated. This quintessential episode of loss sounded a leitmotiv in Jewish and Christian imaginations, and informed a western knowledge of world geography, real and imagined, from Biblical to modern times. This is the fascinating story told in this erudite and sweeping book.” — R. Po-chia Hsia, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of History and Asian Studies, Pennsylvania State University”Readers of this book are in for a treat.” –Abraham D. Lavender 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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⭐Brewer’s indispensable “Dictionary of Phrase and Fable” begins its article on the Lost Tribes in the following way: “The term used for that portion of the Hebrew race that disappeared from North Palestine about 140 years before the dispersion of the Jews. This disappearance has caused much speculation, especially among those who look forward to a restoration of the Hebrews as foretold in the Old Testament.” There is hardly a nation or people on the earth which has not at some time or another been identified, by themselves or by others, as the descendants of the Lost Tribes. Englishmen, Abyssinian nomads, North American Indians, and Utah Mormons are but a few of the candidates.Though sober-sided theologians have often investigated the topic, it is not inherently without an amusing potential:How odd of God to choose the Jews!How odder still to lose them!Ben-Dor is particularly brilliant in drawing out a double valence in the story of the Missing Tribes. On the one hand there is the sense of loss and desolation, often poignantly related to the terrible record of the persecution of the European Jews throughout history. On the other there is the sense of hope, promise, or expectation attendant upon the prophetic theories of eventual restoration and renewal.It is the nearly universal implication of the myth of a large, lost population that has truly made the topic itself part of the recurrent repertory of World History. What is perhaps most remarkable about Zvi Ben-Dor’s treatment is its combination of erudition and accessibility. Only a learned scholar could have written this book. Command of the primary sources for the subject demands expertise in the ancient Semitic tongues and the principal scholarly languages of modern Europe. The relevant scholarly bibliography is vast and often eccentric, to use a mild world, requiring both courage and judgment on the part of anyone bold enough to approach it. Zvi Ben-Dor Benite, a Professor of World History at New York University, is one of what must surely be a relatively small band capable of undertaking the task. That would be impressive in itself. But what is even more remarkable is that such a man would have also the ability to make his results accessible to the intelligent general reader, and to point to their implications for such a wide variety of disciplines. The scholar will find here all the bibliography and footnotes needed to pursue the topic at the highest level. The general reader, on the other hand, will find a graceful and elegant introduction to a fascinating topic and to some of the very strange people who have pursued it in the past. I recommend the book with enthusiasm.

⭐No, I still don’t know where the Tribes are, but this book showed me the routes of the world individuals and cultures have followed to find them. The index and bibliography are worth the price of the book, even if the verbal, philosophical mapping is more circuitous than I could easily follow from chapter to chapter. (Thus 4 stars not 5.) It would help to have footnotes/endnotes hotlink to numbers. Way too much in this book for a single read; I’ll be returning to it for future reference.

⭐My book arrived with a nasty bend in the bottom of the cover and some of the pages are bent. I would understand these minor flaws if I bought a USED book in good condition, but I chose “new” for a reason.

⭐This book is not bad, but I have read better. Maybe, due to the luck of his own adventures. Author ignores alltogehter Jewish diaspora East of Mosul. But yet, he mentioned Khazars, and for some reason, did not finish his thoughts on this subject. I would’ve appreciated him dedicates a few pages to this matter due to rumors and speculations by anti-semites and unti-Zionists. My grands and grand-grands from Bukhara, and they never spoke any Yiddish. Israelites(Jews after the second distraction of Temple?) were setteling in Bukhara, Samarkand in Asia along the “Silk Road” since 200-300 E.C. I would not recommened this book for Jews from Europe or Asia. Also, I had an experience with Amazon, they sensor reviews, and that would be unfortunate.

⭐Clean, very clean. Virtually no marks, awesome condition.

⭐This book is a great contribution to the Israeli Tribe subject, and the author’s perspective and take provide a great angle for any world history buff.

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