12 Tribes of Israel: Original Tribes (And Where Are They Today?) written by Joshua Schachterle, Ph.D. Date written: May 18th, 2024. Posted on BartEhrman.com. The paragraphs below were extracted from the Article.
Israel’s identity has been intimately tied to the 12 tribes of Israel for millennia. The tribes are explicitly named in the Bible which traces their roots back to the ancient Jewish patriarchs. But were the tribes real or are they merely part of a foundational myth?
In this article, I’ll explore what the Bible says about the 12 tribes of Israel, what scholars say about their historicity, and what the ongoing quest to find the lost tribes can tell us.
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