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This book examines the development of the legend of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel and its eschatological significance in Jewish and Christian traditions from Late Antiquity to the early modern period. It analyses how the image of the Tribes was transmitted, reinterpreted, and transformed across different religious and cultural contexts over the course of more than a millennium. Particular attention is devoted to the medieval and early modern reception of the legend, including its association with Prester John, Gog and Magog, and the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Drawing on a wide range of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic sources, this study highlights the continuous interaction between Jewish and Christian eschatological thought and offers a new perspective on the religious, cultural, and political meanings attributed to the Ten Lost Tribes in medieval and early modern Europe.
Price: $92.00
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Mini-Monographs in Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Publication Date:
07 January 2027
ISBN: 9789004776777
Format: Paperback
Marco Giardini, Ph.D., University of Milan, was previously a postdoctoral researcher in Religious Studies at the EPHE (Paris). His research focuses on apocalypticism, eschatology, and messianism in European culture, with particular attention to prophetic traditions and the reception of legendary figures such as Alexander the Great and Prester John from the Middle Ages to the modern era.