A Typical Notice
https://www.juliemeek.com.au/lost-and-found/
A new chapter, The Lost and Found Tribes, seems to bypass my narrative about the Alexander Gates. However, it introduces the issue of the Ten Lost Tribes as it emerges both in history and in Biblical and post-Biblical Jewish thought.
The Lost Tribes occupy an integral part of the Alexander legend and I thought it was important to explain how this topic had emerged before interweaving it with the medieval story.
Chapter 6 of Unit IV entitled "In the Shadow of the Iron Gates" develops the following threads:
the collapse of Samaria and the rise of Jerusalem, the vision of the Biblical prophets about the return of the deportees, Mount Gerizim vs. Mount Zion, and the Emergence of the Ten Tribes.
Besides helping the understanding of the peculiar twist of the medieval legend, this extract contributes to my understanding of the history of ancient Israel. You can view my previous approaches to this field:
"The Generation of Exodus"
https://scriggler.com/DetailPost/Opinion/26251
"Mesha the Dibonite Recovers His Voice"
https://scriggler.com/DetailPost/Opinion/27980
I intend to use these materials in preparation for Book Four if I live that long.
I think that the turbulent times of the Assyrian and Babylonian periods led to the emergence of the legend of the Ten Tribes. In actual history, most of the Israelites continued to reside in their land and eventually evolved into the Samaritans whose male lineages have been retained until this day. Their daughters, if they married the foreigners, would cease belonging to the "holy seed".
Meanwhile, my narrative will turn to the medieval development of the Alexander legend where the Ten Tribes enclosed by the Iron Gates will oppose the civilized world, being enlisted in the host of the Antichrist.
