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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      10 March 2022
      17 March 2022
      ISBN:
      9781009091435
      9781316514948
      9781009094092
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009091435
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.589kg, 350 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.489kg, 300 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Judaism, History, Religion, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
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    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?

    Reviews

    ‘… a provocative reminder that far more than genetics, culture and tradition determine the highly contingent ways we identify ourselves.’

    Jared Bennett Source: Reading Religion

    ‘A fresh look at one of the world’s most productive forms of belonging, the concept of the Twelve Tribes of Israel.’

    Seth L. Sanders Source: Journal of the American Academy of Religion

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