“The Truly Other Jewish World History: The Ten Lost Tribes between Jews and Christians”
How Pope Clement VII and the Ten Tribes (almost) defeated Islam and won the Holy Land
Dr. Zvi Ben-Dor Benite, Professor of History & Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies and Acting Director of the Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, will give the eleventh Nate and Ann Levine Lecture on Thursday, November 17, 2011, in Dallas Hall 306, McCord Auditorium, at 7:30 pm. Details about the lecture are below:
Dr. Benite is an internationally renowned expert on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam in East Asia and the Middle East. He is the author of two books and numerous articles. His recent publication, The Ten Lost Tribes: A World History, upon which the talk is based, traces the enduring and colorful legends surrounding the fate of the ancient Israelite tribes that were exiled by the Assyrians in the eighth century BCE and vanished from the pages of history but not from popular imagination.
McCord Auditorium is located on the third floor of Dallas Hall, the domed building at the north end of the SMU campus. For additional information, contact Dr. Serge Frolov in the Department of Religious Studies at (214) 768-4478 or sfrolov@smu.edu.