Thursday, November 17, 2011
McCord Auditorium
Dallas Hall Room 306
7:30 p.m.
The Eleventh Nate and Ann Levine Endowed Lecture in Jewish Studies Series Present the Eleventh Lecture:
Zvi Ben-Dor Benite speaking on “The Truly Other Jewish World History: The Ten Lost Tribes between Jews and Christians." Dr. Benite will introduce the audience to a little-known but intriguing episode of Jewish and Christian history, recounting how in the early sixteenth century, Pope Clement VII and the Ten Tribes (almost) defeated Islam and won the Holy Land.
Dr. Benite is Professor of History and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies and Acting Director of Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, New York University. 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.
For further information:
Please contact: Dr. Serge Frolov, 214-768-4478 or sfrolov@smu.edu
The lecture is free and open to the public.