Old Canaan in a new world: Native Americans and the lost tribes of Israel
Introduction : in the beginning : lost tribes, new worlds, and the perils of history -- Proof positive : Hebraic Indians and the emergence of probability theory -- "A complete Indian system" : James Adair and the ethnographic imagination -- Elias Boudinot, William Apess, and the accidents...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
New York University Press
[2020]
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Series/Journal: | North American religions
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
North America
/ Indigenous peoples
/ Tribes of Israel
/ Ethnology
/ History
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| RelBib Classification: | BB Indigenous religions BH Judaism HB Old Testament KBQ North America TJ Modern history |
| Further subjects: | B
Lost tribes of Israel
B Indians of North America Origin B Ethnology (North America) |
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| Summary: | Introduction : in the beginning : lost tribes, new worlds, and the perils of history -- Proof positive : Hebraic Indians and the emergence of probability theory -- "A complete Indian system" : James Adair and the ethnographic imagination -- Elias Boudinot, William Apess, and the accidents of history -- The Book of Mormon's new American past -- Indian removal and the decline of American Hebraism -- The hollow Earth and the end of time -- Coda : DNA and the recovery of history ""Old Canaan in a New World" critically examines the relationship between Native Americans and the "lost tribes of Israel.""-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1479866369 |