Normal view MARC view ISBD view

Shavitsky, Ziva.

The mystery of the ten lost tribes : a critical survey of historical and archaeological records relating to the people of Israel in exile in Syria, Mesopotamia and Persia up to ca. 300 BCE / by Ziva Shavitsky. - Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012. - 1 online resource (xii, 238 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-238)-and indexes.

Section 1. Israel, Judah and Aram -- section 2. Assyria -- section 3. Judah and Babylon -- section 4. The Persian period -- section 5. On the threshold of the Hellenistic period.

There have been many legends and traditions regarding the lost ten tribes of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. This book draws upon extensive discoveries and information published regarding the movement of the People of Israel and Judah from Davidic times to the dawn of the Hellenistic period. The author has tested the biblical records against archaeological evidence, testimony and inscriptions found in Syria, Assyria, Babylon and Persia. In very many cases the inscriptions excavated in these ...

ISBN: 9781443835633 1443835633 1443835021 9781443835022 1283436655 9781283436656

Standard No.: 9786613436658

Source: 343665 MIL

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
To 586 B.C.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Lost tribes of Israel.
Jews--Migrations--History.
Jews--History--To 586 B.C.
Tribus perdues d'Israël.
Juifs--Migrations--Histoire.
Juifs--Histoire--Jusqu'à 586 av. J.-C.
HISTORY--Jewish.
History.
Jews
Jews--Migrations
Lost tribes of Israel

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History

LC Class. No.: DS131 / .S54 2012eb

Dewey Class. No.: 909.04924