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Sambatyon Reference library
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
... . A river in Jewish legend. After the Assyrian conquest of 721 bce , the ten Northern tribes were said to have been exiled across the river Sambatyon. It was said to flow with a huge current six days of the week, but to rest on the Sabbath ( Gen.R. 11....
SAMBATYON Reference library
The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion (2 ed.)
...Josephus, who claimed that the river flowed only on Sabbaths ( The Jewish War 7.5.1). Rabbi ʿAqiva’ ben Yosef also referred to the mysterious Sambatyon ( San . 65b; Gn. Rab . 11.6). Widespread interest was later aroused by the tales of the ninth-century adventurer Eldad ha-Dani , and Jews became convinced that the Sambatyon had a definite location in Asia or Ethiopia. This belief can be traced through the Book of Yosippon (953 ce ), the bible commentary of Moses Nahmanides (on Dt . 32.26), the journeys undertaken by Avraham ben Shemu’el Abulafia in...
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Ten lost tribes Reference library
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
...lost tribes . The Jewish tribes who disappeared from history after the Assyrian conquest of 722 bce . The rabbis believed they were in exile beyond the river Sambatyon . Various identifications have been made. The Falashas were said to be a lost tribe, as have been the British (i.e. the British Israelites), the Japanese, the Afghans, and certain Red Indian...
MOSES, SONS OF Reference library
The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion (2 ed.)
...SONS OF , legendary Jewish tribe, having their own independent kingdom in some faraway country. According to the ninth century traveler Eldad ha-Dani , they lived beyond the river Sambatyon . The legend of the sons of Moses is similar to that of the ten lost tribes ( see Tribes of Israel ). Louis Ginzberg , Legends of the Jews (Philadelphia, 1946), vol. 4, pp. 317–318; vol. 6, pp. 407,...
ELDAD HA-DANI Reference library
The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion (2 ed.)
...HA-DANI (9th cent.), traveler of uncertain origin who claimed to be from the lost tribe of Dan. He announced the existence of an independent Jewish kingdom in Ethiopia comprised of remnants of the tribes of Naphtali, Gad, Asher, and Dan. His warring kingdom lived across the Sambatyon from the “sons of Moses.” This mythical river was believed to be a mighty torrent of stones all week that rested on the Sabbath. Eldad gave vivid descriptions of the customs of his community to the Jews of Kairouan. His announcement of Jewish sovereignty stirred the imagination...
TRIBES OF ISRAEL Reference library
The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion (2 ed.)
...R. ʿAqiva’ said they would never return ( San. 10.3). Belief in their continued existence was nurtured in apocryphal books ( Tobit [of the tribe of Naphtali]; 2 Esdras 13.39–50). Different sites are mentioned in the Midrash as their dwelling place (e.g., across the river Sambatyon , under a blanket of clouds, or within the walls of Antioch), and fantastic reports regarding the lost tribes were a frequent feature of Jewish legend and folklore, particularly in periods of messianic ferment. A vivid description purporting to be of the lost tribes was given by...
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