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A 6 page research paper that explores the multiple similarities between Japanese and Hebrew religious culture. Over 2,000 years ago, Assyrians exiled ten of the twelve tribes of Israel. No conclusions are drawn, but this report shows that there a strong case can be made for the Japanese as being the lost tribes. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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conquered the Kingdom of Israel and exiled ten of the twelve tribes that made up the ancient Hebrew nation (NOVA, 2000). In the years 722-721 BC, the ten tribes that
comprised the northern Kingdom of Israel disappeared. Conquered by the Assyrian King Shalmaneser V, they were exiled, dispersed. Some sources say to the upper Mesopotamia and Medes, which is
today part of modern Syria and Iraq (NOVA, 2000) The Jewish Encyclopedia indicates that haggadic tradition states that the ten tribes were divided in to three groups. One
group was located on the side of the River Sambation facing Israel, another on the opposite side and third in the neighborhood of Daphne, near Antioch (Jewish Encyclopedia, 2002). But,
regardless of where the tribes went, the sources agree that they have never been seen again. Or have they? How far did the displaced tribes travel? Many people have been
struck by the similarities between Japanese Shinto temples and the temples of ancient Israel, as well as many other similarities. The following examination notes the many striking similarities between Japanese
culture and that of ancient Israel. In the Nagano prefecture of Japan, there is a large Shinto shrine, Suwa-Taisha, and at this shrine every April a festival is conducted, Ontohsai,
that appears to illustrate the story of Isaac, which is recorded in the book of Genesis in both Jewish and Christian scripture. This story relates how Abraham was willing to
sacrifice his only son to God (Kudo, 2002). At the Ontohsai festival, a boy is tied with a rope to a wooden pillar and on a bamboo carpet (Judo, 2002).
A Shinto priest then comes to the boy and cuts off the top of the wooden pillar, which certainly seems symbolic of the act of circumcision, which God accepted
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