Old Canaan in a New World Native Americans and the Lost Tribes of Israel |
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| Author:
| Fenton, Elizabeth |
| Series title: | North American Religions Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4798-2048-1 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2022 |
| Publisher: | New York University Press
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| Imprint: | NYU Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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Were indigenous Americans descendants of the lost tribes of Israel? From the moment Europeans realized Columbus had landed in a place unknown to them in 1492, they began speculating about how the Americas and their inhabitants fit into the Bible. For many, the most compelling explanation was the Hebraic Indian theory, which proposed that ......
Were indigenous Americans descendants of the lost tribes of Israel? From the moment Europeans realized Columbus had landed in a place unknown to them in 1492, they began speculating about how the Americas and their inhabitants fit into the Bible. For many, the most compelling explanation was the Hebraic Indian theory, which proposed that ......