TY - BOOK ID - 101211153 TI - The myth of the twelve tribes of Israel : new identities across time and space AU - Tobolowsky, Andrew AU - Cambridge University Press. PY - 2022 SN - 1009091433 1009089315 1316514943 1009089137 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Twelve tribes of Israel. KW - Lost tribes of Israel. KW - Bible KW - Influence. KW - Israel, Ten lost tribes KW - Jews KW - Ten lost tribes of Israel KW - Tribes KW - Anglo-Israelism KW - Israel, Twelve tribes of KW - Lost tribes of Israel KW - Lost tribes KW - Ten lost tribes KW - History UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101211153 AB - The Myth of the Twelve Tribes of Israel is the first study to treat the history of claims to an Israelite identity as an ongoing historical phenomenon from biblical times to the present. By treating the Hebrew Bible's accounts of Israel as one of many efforts to construct an Israelite history, rather than source material for later legends, Andrew Tobolowsky brings a long-term comparative approach to biblical and nonbiblical "Israelite" histories. In the process, he sheds new light on how the structure of the twelve tribes tradition enables the creation of so many different visions of Israel, and generates new questions: How can we explain the enduring power of the myth of the twelve tribes of Israel? How does "becoming Israel" work, why has it proven so popular, and how did it change over time? Finally, what can the changing shape of Israel itself reveal about those who claimed it? ER -