Andrew Tobolowsky (College of William and Virginia Mary)

The Myth of the Twelve Tribes of Israel

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The first study to treat the history of claims to an Israelite identity as an ongoing historical phenomenon from biblical times onwards. From an expert on the history of traditions about the twelve tribes of Israel, this volume brings a long-term comparative approach to biblical and nonbiblical â Israeliteâ histories.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juni 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 460g
• ISBN-13: 9781009094092
• ISBN-10: 1009094092
• Artikelnr.: 67823019

Autorenporträt

Andrew Tobolowsky is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the College of William and Mary. An acknowledged expert on the tradition and on Israelite history, he is the author of The Sons of Jacob and the Sons of Herakles (2017),and numerous articles on the history of the twelve tribes of Israel tradition and the value of thinking through cross-cultural comparisons.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Judah's Israels: The twelve tribes of Israel in the Hebrew Bible
2. The tribes that were not lost: The Samaritans
3. Across the River Sambatyon: The lost tribes of Israel in medieval legends
4. Becoming Israel in America: The Mormons and the new Jerusalem
5. A lost tribe returns: The beta Israel in Ethiopia and Israel.