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The "Lost" Ten Tribes of Israel...Found!
Traces migrations of exiled House of Israel from Palestine to Northwestern Europe through Scythia, Parthia, Phoenician colonies, and sea routes. Shows little-known history of the missing 18 years of Jesus from age 12-30, when He began His ministry.
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First published October 23, 2012
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November 20, 2010
I found this book to be quite enthralling. Although it has a great deal of repitition within it, I was able to wade past that to get to the good stuff. He digs deep into the bible and ancient historical authors and pulls from other more modern historians to detail the wanderings of the "lost" tribes. There were times when I looked at his quotes and said to myself, no that can't be right, and pull down the source and sure enough he quotes them correctly and in context. This book has gotten me really interested in reading his other works and has even gotten me scouring the bible putting things together for myself. Well worth the time and effort!!
May 15, 2024
A RECENT ARGUMENT THAT THE TEN ‘LOST TRIBES’ WERE NEVER REALLY ‘LOST’
Author Steven M. Collins wrote in the Introduction to this 1992 book (the Revised Edition was published in 1995), “This… book specifically addresses the subject of the ‘lost ten tribes of Israel’… While the Jews (descendants of the ancient Hebrew kingdom of Judah) are well-known in history and modern society, most assume the non-Jewish (and far more numerous) ten tribes of Israel became ‘lost,’ unable to be traced in history or identified today. On the contrary, the ten tribes of Israel were never ‘lost’ after their removal from the ‘Promised Land’ into Asia. In the Bible, God sent a message to the ten tribes … that God would bless the ten tribes of Israel with unprecedented population growth AFTER their expulsion from Palestine, and an entire chapter of the book of Genesis is devoted to prophecies about the characteristics of each of the ten tribes of Israel during ‘the latter days’…” (Pg. ix)
He continues, “Josephus, a prominent Jewish historian of the first century A.D. commented on the immense population of the ten tribes of Israel in their new Asian homeland and even mentioned one of their national borders. So, either centuries after their removal from Palestine, a Jewish historian did not regard the ten tribes as being ‘lost.’ The ten tribes of Israel can easily be identified in the first century A.D., and their subsequent migrations can be traced in the records of secular history from that time into the modern era. This book will document the fascinating (and largely unknown) history the ten tribes of Israel from the reign of King David until modern times, and will propose identifications for each of the ten tribes in the modern world… This book will also address some aspects of Jewish history in conjunction with the narrative about their ‘forgotten’ brother tribes, but it will primarily discuss the history of the descendants of the ten tribes of Israel… This book will also examine the life of Jesus Christ in light of new perspectives on world politics during his lifetime… Jesus Christ… was actually a potential heir to the throne of a great empire in Asia which was primarily composed of the descendants of the ten tribes of Israel… This book also offers intriguing answers for the mysterious eighteen year gap in the Bible’s account of Jesus’ life; where did he go and what did he do between ages twelve and thirty?” (Pg. x-xi)
He asserts, “Most people make the common mistake of assuming the terms ‘Israelite’ and ‘Jew’ are synonymous, when they are not! While King David WAS of the tribe of Judah (a Jew), only a minority of his nation and army was Jewish. The truth is that the nation of Israel was comprised of twelve tribes with each tribe being composed of the descendants of one of the twelve sons of Jacob. Judah… was only one of twelve tribal units… the populations of these tribes had grown so large that by the time of King David that they constituted a nation of considerable size.” (Pg. 21)
He contends, “The reader might justifiably be wondering at this point, given the extensive evidence of Old World civilizations in ancient America, why America’s history books haven’t been updated with this new information. The reason is, unfortunately, that the modern academic establishment is in a state of denial regarding these discoveries because they are uncomfortable with these facts.” (Pg. 43)
He states, “Ancient records indicate that only the tribe of Dan arrived in Ireland at the time of the fall of Samaria, however. Also, at that same time, a large portion of the Israelite tribe of Simeon chose a maritime escape from the Assyrians… the simultaneous arrival of the Danaan and the Simonii indicates that the tribes of Dan and Simeon sailed together for the British Isles. Since Briton … had been settled by and named for the ‘Covenant’ (B-R-T) people centuries before the fall of Israel, it is logical that some Israelites would seek refuge there in a time of crisis. J.H. Allen also notes that: ‘the people of Waels call themselves, in ancient Welsh… ‘Briths of Briton,’ which means ‘The Covenanters’… The first form of this phrase is almost vernacular Hebrew.’ The fact that these ‘Brythonic Celts’ who migrated to the British Isles bore the B-R-T root word for ‘covenant’ confirmed their Israelite origin.” (Pg. 123)
He argues, “While the Bible does not say what became of Jeremiah, Baruch, and the royal princesses, secular history does give us an indication of their final place of refuge… Numbers 33:27-28 states ‘Tarah’ was the name of one of the encampments of the Hebrew people during their wandering in the wilderness after the exodus from Egypt… and ‘Terah’ was also the name of Abraham’s father (Gen 11:31).” (Pg. 134)
He says, “Eight centuries after the Israelites went into Asia, Josephus records that they were still known to their Jewish kinsmen, their population had become too numerous to estimate, and the Euphrates River served as a western border to their area of habitation. Josephus’ account that only the tribes of the old kingdom of Judah formed the population of Judea, the Roman province of the first century A.D., it is quite important because it refutes the false notion that the ten tribes of Israel lived in Judea during his lifetime. Ezra 4:1 states that only portions of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin returned to Palestine from their Asian captivity, Ezra 1:5 adds that portions of the priestly tribe of Levi accompanied them to Palestine as well.” (Pg. 171)
He continues, “Josephus clearly asserts that the ten tribes of Israel were still in Asia and that they were not living in Judea in the first century A.D. Also, his comment that they constituted an exceedingly numerous population in Asia shows that we should expect to find large masses of Israelites in Asia in the first century A.D. instead of isolated little remnants… As the reader will see, it is not difficult to determine the identities of the Israelites in Asia. The Bible contains promises concerning the Israelites which must be reviewed as background information before the historical evidence is examined. A prophecy in Hosea 1:6-10 states… [God] would (after their removal from Palestine) make their population ‘as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbers.’ This promise of an exploding populations for the Israelites had been fulfilled by the time of Christ…” (Pg. 172)
He argues, “The book of Jeremiah supports the conclusion that the ten tribes of Israel migrated to the Black Sea region. Jeremiah’s prophecy in Jeremiah 3:6 addresses both the Jews (Judah) and the ten tribes of Israel (Israel)… In verses 6-10… Jeremiah here confirms that the Jews and the northern ten tribes were still reckoned as separate entities, and that the ten tribes were still reckoned as separate entities, and that the ten tribes were in a better standing with God than were the Jews at the time of his prophecy!... In verse 12… If all ten tribes of Israel were taken captive to Assyria, Jeremiah should have addressed his prophecy about the Israelites ‘to the east’ since Assyria was located east of Jerusalem. However, Jeremiah acknowledges that most of the ten tribes… were then located … to the north of Jerusalem… Many people have the mistaken impression that God utterly forsook the ten tribes of Israel when they were displaced from Palestine. Not at all!... God inspired messages through Jeremiah to the ten tribes a century after Samaria fell!” (Pg. 181)
He suggests, “Jesus said, ‘I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.’ The House of Israel refers to the ten tribes of Israel who have bene identified … as including the early Britons, the Sacae/Saka Scythians and the partisans in Asia. Since the area of Parthian/Saka dominance extended as far as India, groups of the ten tribes of Israel could be found that far into Asia. Since Jesus said he was ‘sent’ to those ten tribes, it is logical that he travelled to where the various tribes of the House of Israel lived in the first century A.D.” (Pg. 285)
Perhaps surprisingly for some readers, he states, “It should be pointed out that the Jewish race, as a whole, is not collectively responsible for the death of Christ… Josephus confirmed that it was the Jewish leaders (not the whole nation) who caused his death at the hands of the Romans. Those Jews who cried out to Pilate ‘crucify him’ … were an infinitesimally small fraction of the Jewish race at the time.” (Pg. 308)
As far as Identity/Ten Tribes books go, this one is better than most.
Author Steven M. Collins wrote in the Introduction to this 1992 book (the Revised Edition was published in 1995), “This… book specifically addresses the subject of the ‘lost ten tribes of Israel’… While the Jews (descendants of the ancient Hebrew kingdom of Judah) are well-known in history and modern society, most assume the non-Jewish (and far more numerous) ten tribes of Israel became ‘lost,’ unable to be traced in history or identified today. On the contrary, the ten tribes of Israel were never ‘lost’ after their removal from the ‘Promised Land’ into Asia. In the Bible, God sent a message to the ten tribes … that God would bless the ten tribes of Israel with unprecedented population growth AFTER their expulsion from Palestine, and an entire chapter of the book of Genesis is devoted to prophecies about the characteristics of each of the ten tribes of Israel during ‘the latter days’…” (Pg. ix)
He continues, “Josephus, a prominent Jewish historian of the first century A.D. commented on the immense population of the ten tribes of Israel in their new Asian homeland and even mentioned one of their national borders. So, either centuries after their removal from Palestine, a Jewish historian did not regard the ten tribes as being ‘lost.’ The ten tribes of Israel can easily be identified in the first century A.D., and their subsequent migrations can be traced in the records of secular history from that time into the modern era. This book will document the fascinating (and largely unknown) history the ten tribes of Israel from the reign of King David until modern times, and will propose identifications for each of the ten tribes in the modern world… This book will also address some aspects of Jewish history in conjunction with the narrative about their ‘forgotten’ brother tribes, but it will primarily discuss the history of the descendants of the ten tribes of Israel… This book will also examine the life of Jesus Christ in light of new perspectives on world politics during his lifetime… Jesus Christ… was actually a potential heir to the throne of a great empire in Asia which was primarily composed of the descendants of the ten tribes of Israel… This book also offers intriguing answers for the mysterious eighteen year gap in the Bible’s account of Jesus’ life; where did he go and what did he do between ages twelve and thirty?” (Pg. x-xi)
He asserts, “Most people make the common mistake of assuming the terms ‘Israelite’ and ‘Jew’ are synonymous, when they are not! While King David WAS of the tribe of Judah (a Jew), only a minority of his nation and army was Jewish. The truth is that the nation of Israel was comprised of twelve tribes with each tribe being composed of the descendants of one of the twelve sons of Jacob. Judah… was only one of twelve tribal units… the populations of these tribes had grown so large that by the time of King David that they constituted a nation of considerable size.” (Pg. 21)
He contends, “The reader might justifiably be wondering at this point, given the extensive evidence of Old World civilizations in ancient America, why America’s history books haven’t been updated with this new information. The reason is, unfortunately, that the modern academic establishment is in a state of denial regarding these discoveries because they are uncomfortable with these facts.” (Pg. 43)
He states, “Ancient records indicate that only the tribe of Dan arrived in Ireland at the time of the fall of Samaria, however. Also, at that same time, a large portion of the Israelite tribe of Simeon chose a maritime escape from the Assyrians… the simultaneous arrival of the Danaan and the Simonii indicates that the tribes of Dan and Simeon sailed together for the British Isles. Since Briton … had been settled by and named for the ‘Covenant’ (B-R-T) people centuries before the fall of Israel, it is logical that some Israelites would seek refuge there in a time of crisis. J.H. Allen also notes that: ‘the people of Waels call themselves, in ancient Welsh… ‘Briths of Briton,’ which means ‘The Covenanters’… The first form of this phrase is almost vernacular Hebrew.’ The fact that these ‘Brythonic Celts’ who migrated to the British Isles bore the B-R-T root word for ‘covenant’ confirmed their Israelite origin.” (Pg. 123)
He argues, “While the Bible does not say what became of Jeremiah, Baruch, and the royal princesses, secular history does give us an indication of their final place of refuge… Numbers 33:27-28 states ‘Tarah’ was the name of one of the encampments of the Hebrew people during their wandering in the wilderness after the exodus from Egypt… and ‘Terah’ was also the name of Abraham’s father (Gen 11:31).” (Pg. 134)
He says, “Eight centuries after the Israelites went into Asia, Josephus records that they were still known to their Jewish kinsmen, their population had become too numerous to estimate, and the Euphrates River served as a western border to their area of habitation. Josephus’ account that only the tribes of the old kingdom of Judah formed the population of Judea, the Roman province of the first century A.D., it is quite important because it refutes the false notion that the ten tribes of Israel lived in Judea during his lifetime. Ezra 4:1 states that only portions of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin returned to Palestine from their Asian captivity, Ezra 1:5 adds that portions of the priestly tribe of Levi accompanied them to Palestine as well.” (Pg. 171)
He continues, “Josephus clearly asserts that the ten tribes of Israel were still in Asia and that they were not living in Judea in the first century A.D. Also, his comment that they constituted an exceedingly numerous population in Asia shows that we should expect to find large masses of Israelites in Asia in the first century A.D. instead of isolated little remnants… As the reader will see, it is not difficult to determine the identities of the Israelites in Asia. The Bible contains promises concerning the Israelites which must be reviewed as background information before the historical evidence is examined. A prophecy in Hosea 1:6-10 states… [God] would (after their removal from Palestine) make their population ‘as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbers.’ This promise of an exploding populations for the Israelites had been fulfilled by the time of Christ…” (Pg. 172)
He argues, “The book of Jeremiah supports the conclusion that the ten tribes of Israel migrated to the Black Sea region. Jeremiah’s prophecy in Jeremiah 3:6 addresses both the Jews (Judah) and the ten tribes of Israel (Israel)… In verses 6-10… Jeremiah here confirms that the Jews and the northern ten tribes were still reckoned as separate entities, and that the ten tribes were still reckoned as separate entities, and that the ten tribes were in a better standing with God than were the Jews at the time of his prophecy!... In verse 12… If all ten tribes of Israel were taken captive to Assyria, Jeremiah should have addressed his prophecy about the Israelites ‘to the east’ since Assyria was located east of Jerusalem. However, Jeremiah acknowledges that most of the ten tribes… were then located … to the north of Jerusalem… Many people have the mistaken impression that God utterly forsook the ten tribes of Israel when they were displaced from Palestine. Not at all!... God inspired messages through Jeremiah to the ten tribes a century after Samaria fell!” (Pg. 181)
He suggests, “Jesus said, ‘I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.’ The House of Israel refers to the ten tribes of Israel who have bene identified … as including the early Britons, the Sacae/Saka Scythians and the partisans in Asia. Since the area of Parthian/Saka dominance extended as far as India, groups of the ten tribes of Israel could be found that far into Asia. Since Jesus said he was ‘sent’ to those ten tribes, it is logical that he travelled to where the various tribes of the House of Israel lived in the first century A.D.” (Pg. 285)
Perhaps surprisingly for some readers, he states, “It should be pointed out that the Jewish race, as a whole, is not collectively responsible for the death of Christ… Josephus confirmed that it was the Jewish leaders (not the whole nation) who caused his death at the hands of the Romans. Those Jews who cried out to Pilate ‘crucify him’ … were an infinitesimally small fraction of the Jewish race at the time.” (Pg. 308)
As far as Identity/Ten Tribes books go, this one is better than most.
May 10, 2025
Secrets of the Bible Revealed
I was always feeling, in my Bible studies, that I was missing something. This book revealed what I was trying to find, namely the connection between the Israel of the Old Testament, and the nation of Judah in the New Testament. This is a wonderful narration and analysis that is fairly easy to read and understand. Good job!!! I highly recommend this book to Bible students. Jack Durrett
I was always feeling, in my Bible studies, that I was missing something. This book revealed what I was trying to find, namely the connection between the Israel of the Old Testament, and the nation of Judah in the New Testament. This is a wonderful narration and analysis that is fairly easy to read and understand. Good job!!! I highly recommend this book to Bible students. Jack Durrett
October 15, 2014
Fantastic History of All Tribes of Isreal
I enjoyed this book very much. I have already read most of the books this author uses as references. I believe this book is true to the Word of God. It is easy to read and understand for the lay person which I like. I dislike authors that try to empress others with their use of words that most people don't know or have to look up their meaning to get the point the author is making. I had to look up a couple words, but this book is a pretty easy read for anyone who is searching for truth.
I enjoyed this book very much. I have already read most of the books this author uses as references. I believe this book is true to the Word of God. It is easy to read and understand for the lay person which I like. I dislike authors that try to empress others with their use of words that most people don't know or have to look up their meaning to get the point the author is making. I had to look up a couple words, but this book is a pretty easy read for anyone who is searching for truth.
February 25, 2011
It is now available as an e-book on the author's website (stevenmcollins.com).
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