Books: Tribal Lands — The Twelve Tribes of Israel in Their Ancestral Territories Tamar Weissman explains the connection between each tribe and the tract of land it was apportioned in the Bible.

Ben Israel used it as the basis for his influential work Hope of Israel, a compendium of information about the whereabouts of the Lost Tribes of Israel, which was published in 1650.

Jacob was given the name Israel, and later, the land of the Jewish People was named after him. Jacob had twelve sons, from whom the twelve tribes of Israel originated.

The 12 tribes of Israel then notionally divide the territory (conquered and unconquered) between them. Judah’s territory is around Jerusalem and to the south.

The modern Jewish people is far more than just twelve tribes – we are composed of dozens of combinations of multiple identities and sub-identities. This fragmentation is pulling us apart.

Over the centuries, the Beta Israel have been connected with the tribe of Dan. This association has eased the process of their return to the state of Israel in recent times. The Scottish ...

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