Their conversion is apt indeed, as I am convinced the Indians originate in Ancient Israel. Indeed, I can bring proofs from the Bible that they are of the Lost Tribes." The association of the ...

A team of archaeologists may have discovered evidence of the biblical Battle of Megiddo, where Josiah, the king of Judah, was killed by Egyptian forces in 609 B.C.

The word Israel in Hebrew is יִשְׂרָאֵל. It is formed from its root which has a meaning which most scholars think conveys the idea of struggling, wrestling or fighting (whether literally or ...

There are several lists of the tribes of Israel in the Bible. Many readers do not realize ... a concubine of his father Jacob, he lost his preeminent place to the fourth son of Jacob, Judah.

The Bnei Menashe community claims descent from the Lost Tribes of Israel, and have pushed for recognition and acceptance from the broader Jewish community, particularly from Israel, to allow them ...

We know from the Bible, that the Jews came to be named Israel because of a grandson of Abraham, Jacob, who had 12 sons, and each became the head of a tribe of people who resided in Canaan.

Over 2,700 years ago, the Assyrians exiled the ten tribes ... Lost Israelites. The self-sufficiency and fierceness of these tribesmen deeply impressed him. He writes as follows: "There are men of ...