by
Avigdor Shachan, Ph.D.
The most fascinating legend of Jewish heritage, originating in
the mists of history and ending with the greatest riddle in Jewish
history, is the legend of the “Ten Lost Tribes” –
the inhabitants of the Kingdom of Israel who were exiled by the
Assyrians in 722 BCE.
They were driven eastward, across the fabled Sambatyon River,
and beyond the Mountains of Darkness, where they hoped to live
in freedom.
Their brethren, the tribes of Judah, Benjamin and Levi, did not
accept their disappearance from the annals of history. Throughout
the generations they sought them ceaselessly, but the many emissaries
who were sent to find them vanished in their turn.
Dr. Avigdor Shachan spent thirty years studying, investigating
and following in their footsteps. He gathered facts and collected
documents, testimonies and folk traditions over several continents
attesting to localities where the Ten Tribes stayed. They are
presented here in a manner that leaves no doubt as to their accuracy,
credibility and veracity.
Dr. Avigdor Shachan, educator,
author, and historian, traveled widely to distant countries of
central Asia and examined hidden scrolls extracted from dust-laden
shelves in libraries. He studied the concealed references of crumbling
maps, perused original and translated manuscripts of the chroniclers
of the history of the Greeks, the Romans, the Arabs, the Jews,
Britons, Chinese and Japanese. He analyzed the testimonies of
tourists, adventurers, warriors and missionaries to follow their
tracks. In 2003, Dr. Shachan published his findings in the acclaimed
Hebrew text, Towards the Sambatyon River – a Journey in
the Footsteps of the Ten Tribes.
“Dr. Shachan’s theory of the travels and disappearance
of the Ten Lost Tribes is so bold and his conclusions so amazing
that I cannot discount the possibility that he may be right.”
Professor Yona David, Professor of Literature
of the Middle Ages, Tel Aviv University
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