The 12 tribes of Israel, named after Jacob's sons, are central to the Hebrew Bible narrative. Scholars question the ...

Society.Document.Communication, Vol. 9, Issue. 1, p. 20. The Myth of the Twelve Tribes of Israel is the first study to treat the history of claims to an Israelite identity as an ongoing historical ...

To understand these anomalies in later lists, we must ask: How were the twelve tribes of Israel formed? Clarity on that issue will guide us in recognizing differences in later lists that claim to ...