In the Land of Canaan, each of the twelve Israelite tribes settled a different region on either side of the Jordan River. During a later period, a monarchy was established, but with the death of ...

Ever since Joseph, coat torn, was tossed into that fateful pit by his brothers in the book of Genesis, the Twelve Tribes of Israel have never fully reconciled. Benjamin, Naftali, Issachar, Judah ...

In a 12 th-century midrash, the philosopher Nachmonidies explains that the Hebrew describing the incident imply that the 10 scouts “invented a lie” concerning the land of Canaan, whereby they ...