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The Ten Lost Tribes
Zvi Ben-Dor Benite
其他書名
A World History
出版Oxford University Press, 2009-09-04
主題Religion / TheologyReligion / Judaism / HistoryHistory / WorldReligion / History
ISBN019971911X9780199719112
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=gg0m24wY_lUC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.