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Lost Tribes of Israel
- 2000 ----- color ----- 55 min ----- vhs
- (Nova series) Nearly 3,000 years ago, ten of Israel's founding tribes were defeated by the Assyrians and banished from ancient Judea. Today, people from as far away as Japan, India and Ethiopia claim to be the descendants of Israel's Lost Tribes. 4,000 miles from Jerusalem's sacred Western Wall, member of the Lemba tribe have names like Solomon and David. They practice a ritual slaughter and follow strict dietary rules. But are their beliefs based on myth or reality? Join anthropologist Tudor Parfitt on a scientific and genealogical journey that leads from the Holy Land through Zimbabwe, to the wilderness of Southern Yemen and a modern-day London genetics lab. See how today's technology can solve an ancient Biblical riddle and explore the modern genetic techniques that reveal never-before-seen connections between people, giving the past unprecedented new clarity. [Letterboxed] (Closed-Captioned)
- Topics: (Africa, Anthropology, Anthropology: Cultural, Biology, Genetics, Jewish Studies)
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