The Thirteenth Tribe,  Arthur Koestler,  Random House,  1976,  187pp.

This book traces the history of Khazaria, a nation formed around 550 A.D. from a major migration of peoples from areas around today's Kashmir, North Pakistan, and northern India. They settled north of The Black Sea and The Caucasus Mountains. The Caspian Sea formed it's eastern boundary, The Danube River it's Western. The Kagan (the kingly title) converted the entire 6 million population to Judaism in 650 A.D. Invasions from the east finally drove The Khazars westward to settle in Poland, East Germany, Hungary, and Romania. They formed the cradle of western Jewry. Today, according to this study, about 70% to 80% of all people in the world today who believe they are Jews actually are NOT as they are not descended through Abraham but are these Ashkenazi "Jews" descended through Indic roots. Ashkenaz was a descendent of Japheth in the Book of Genesis. Another son of Noah, Shem, led to Abraham's line.

The author discusses some parallel evidences that give clues to the origins and influence of these people including a study of Yiddish roots, physical anthropological and cultural anthropological studies, and the origins of the "Shield of David" (Star of David) which had become associated with a Jewish messianic leader in the Twelfth Century named David al-Roy.

There are way too many details, names, place names, etc. to list here. It is ENGROSSING reading! There are also 23 pages of appendices and 9 pages of references.

--RPC, Thursday, October 29, 2009

The "Lost" Ten Tribes Of Israel . . . Found! , Steven M. Collins, CPA Books, 1992, 435pp.

This book filled in many gaps of understanding for me on the question of  who was (and IS today) the people Israel. Christians have always wondered how the world's most powerful and prominent nation today, The USA, is missing from end-time prophecy. The answer is that The United States is ON EVERY page of The Bible since Abraham. We are part of Israel. We began as the tribe of Mannassa which was prophesied to split off from the tribe of Ephraim (The British) as seen in Jacob's prophecy on those two of Joseph's sons. The obvious question then is, "How could we say that any one country is A tribe when so many disparate groups migrate and mix in over time?" America is about 30% Hispanic, 15% Black, 5% East Asian, and 1% other. White Israelites may already be in the minority. France is about 17% Middle Eastern Muslim. The answer is that God knows who each of us are and which land(s) have been gifted to us. It is for us to manage the lands wisely and NEVER GIVE AWAY, WALK AWAY FROM, OR CAUSE TO BE EJECTED FROM any land that is a gift from God! We are doing ALL OF THESE here in the USA because of the blindness of our religious leaders. They do not know who we are and, so, are unable to tell us how we may be saved from this political, economic, and security disaster that is unfolding on us RIGHT NOW!

The United States And Britain In Prophecy, by Herbert W. Armstrong, (1934)

This is the book that opened the eyes of so many Christians as to who we are as a people. It started my learning of what I now call 'The Great Big Picture Of What's Really Going On'. The book revealed the two main KEYS to understanding Scripture and prophecy. The first KEY, in the first half of the book, is that God's Law is NOT completely done away at the Cross as most of our preachers and theologians lead us to believe. Parts of TEMPORARY LAW ( Law of Moses ) may be suspended, but FOUNDATIONAL LAW is not. The second KEY, in the second half of the book, is that we, the white people of northern Europe, The British Isles, and The United States are direct genetic descendents of the ancient Israelites. We ARE Israel ! I have since concluded that we are, more accurately, a MIX of Israelites into the Celtic people who had previously inhabited Europe when, beginning around 850BC, Israelite people moved in as they fled Assyrian invasions of the northern 10 tribe House Of Israel lands.

This book has been out of print since September 1987 as The World Wide Church Of God began major internal changes. But, a duplicate copy is available for perusal only in the local Christian and Conservative Study Center library ( CCSC ) here in Houston, TX.

--Ray Curtis, Thursday, January 29, 2009

reviews soon to come on the same topic:

The Lost Ten Tribes Of Israel . . . Found ! by Stephen M. Collins (1992)

Judah's Sceptre and Joseph's Birthright by J. H. Allen (1902)

The Thirteenth Tribe by Arthur Koester (1976)