Current book: The Ten Lost Tribes, by Zvi Ben-Dor Benite.
Ever since Assyria conquered the northern kingdom of Israel some 2700 years ago, the destiny of the exiled Ten Tribes has captivated the imagination of Jews and non-Jews. Think of the excitement when researcher Tudor Parfitt recently found a genetic link between the Jewish priestly class of Kohanim and the Lemba tribe of southern Africa, or the controversy when the Chief Rabbinate of Israel in 2005 recognized an ethnic group living in East Asia as “descendants of Jews” from the Biblical half-tribe of Menasseh. Zvi Ben-Dor Benite weaves the religious, legendary, and scientific history of this search into a colorful and enchanting story, told in scholarly detail with a deft personal touch.
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