(TEN LOST TRIBES)

AUCTION 43 | Thursday, April 02nd, 2009 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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(TEN LOST TRIBES)

Crawford, Charles. An Essay on the Propagation of the Gospel; In which There are Numerous Facts and Arguments Adduced to Prove that Many of the Indians in America are Descended from the Ten Tribes. Second Edition. pp. 154, (1). [Singerman 0136]. Philadelphia, 1801. * Boudinot, Elias. A Star in the West; or, A Humble Attempt to Discover the Long Lost Ten Tribes of Israel, Preparatory to Their Return to Their Beloved City, Jerusalem. pp. (4), 312. [Singerman 0252]. Trenton, 1816. * SIMON, BARBARA ANNE. The Hope of Israel; Presumptive Evidence that the Aborigines of the Western Hemisphere are Descended from the Ten Missing Tribes of Israel. pp. 8, 328. Uncut. [Roth B17, 9]. London, 1829. * Grant, Asahel. The Nestorians; or, The Lost Tribes. Containing Evidence of Their Identity, An Account of Their Manners, Customs, and Ceremonies, Together with Sketches of Travel in Ancient Assyria, Armenia, Media, and Mesopotamia, and Illustrations of Scripture Prophecy. Fold-out map. pp. 385, (1), 10 (ads) [Singerman 0740]. New York, 1841. * Edrehi, Moses. An Historical Account of the Ten Tribes Settled Beyond the River Sambatyon in the East. Frontispiece portrait of the Author. pp. 290, (39). [Singerman 1277]. Philadelphia, 1853 Variously worn. Variously bound. v.s

Est: $1,200 - $1,800

PRICE REALIZED $800

The 19th-century saw a renewed interest in the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel, exiled from Northern Israel by the Assyrians in the year 722 b.c.e. In Jewish circles, the renewed interest was tied specifically to the hope of restoring the Great Sanhedrin. According to Jewish law, there is required an uninterrupted chain of ordination (semicha) reaching back to Moses, in order to properly convene a Sanhedrin. Christian fascination with the subject did not lag far behind. The fundamendalist belief that the return of the Jews to the Land of Israel is necessary for the Second Coming, militated for the discovery of these far-flung remnants of the Jewish People. As a result, there was hardly an exotic people on the face of the earth - whether it be the Native Americans, the Nestorians of Mesopotamia, or the Japanese - for which the claim "Lost Tribe of Israel" was not touted. See EJ, Vol. XV, cols. 1003-6; Vol. IX, col. 1060; Vol. VI, cols. 380-81