ASIN: B07DTLT9FD
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Pages: 472
"Singularly curious and interesting." - George Stanley Faber, 1809"Customs of the Indians have a striking resemblance to those of the Jews." - Harvard University Bulletin, 1892"An amazing similarity between their rites and customs." - The London Magazine, 1775It is impossible for the religious man not to take particular interest in the history of the Hebrews. The idea of tracing to America the long lost tribes of Israel has risen before the imagination of many and became a favorite theory with the early Spanish priests settled in America. Among the early authorities contending that the American Indians are descendants from the Israelites, James Adair seems to be the principal one, and since his time, all writers who have favored his views, refer with unreserved confidence to the evidence furnished by him.James Adair (c.1709–1783), a man of established character, lived as a trader among ...
