Monday, August 12, 2013

Whatever Became of the 10 Lost Tribes of Israel?

The ten lost tribes of Israel. It’s one of the greatest mysteries of world history: in 732 BC, Assyria destroyed the kingdom of Israel and relocated ten of the twelve tribes to territory in former Mesopotamia. Aside from a mention in the Book of Tobit, these tribes seemed to have disappeared from history. Their fate is the stuff of legend.

In the 17th century, a Portuguese explorer, Antonio de Montezinos, claimed the tribes were among the native South Americans.
Some of the Igbo ethnicity in Nigeria say they are descended from the tribes.

Similar claims are made about the falasha Jews in Ethiopia.

Mormons believe that the ten tribes will be reconstituted on U.S. territory.

Carroll simply says these ten tribes became part of the broader Jewish diaspora across the Mediterranean world. But he also links them to the development of the Zoroastrianism, a Persian religion that taught that there was a creation, is a heaven and a hell, and will be a savior and a resurrection (according to historian Nigel Cliff in The Last Crusade). The connection is all the more striking when we consider that centuries later three Zoroastrian priests braved the Arabian deserts and outsmarted Herod to pay homage to the infant Christ.

http://catholicexchange.com/six-great-mysteries-of-the-bible/

 

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