Twaalf Stamme van Israel

Die Twaalf Stamme van Israel (Hebreeus: שִׁבְטֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל, Šīḇṭēy Yīsrāʾēl, "Stamme van Israel") is volgens die Hebreeuse Bybel die afstammelinge van die patriarg Jakob (ook bekend as Israel), wat saam die Israelitiese nasie gevorm het. Die seuns was waarskynlik dié by sy vroue, Lea en Ragel, en sy byvroue, Bilha en Silpa.

Moderne geleerdes is skepties of daar 12 Israelitiese stamme was en glo die getal 12 is eerder 'n simboliese tradisie as deel van 'n nasionale skeppingsmite,^[1] hoewel sommige geleerdes verskil.^[2]

↑ Glassman, Ronald M. (2017). The Origins of Democracy in Tribes, City-States and Nation-States. Cham: Springer. p. 632. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-51695-0_60. ISBN 978-3-319-51695-0. Besoek op 25 Mei 2021.
↑ Blum, Erhard (2020). "The Israelite Tribal System: Literary Fiction or Social Reality?". In Krause, Joachim J.; Sergi, Omer; Weingart, Kristin (reds.). Saul, Benjamin, and the Emergence of Monarchy in Israel: Biblical and Archaeological Perspectives. SBL Press. p. 213. ISBN 978-0-88414-451-9.

[Glassman-1] Glassman, Ronald M. (2017). The Origins of Democracy in Tribes, City-States and Nation-States. Cham: Springer. p. 632. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-51695-0_60. ISBN 978-3-319-51695-0. Besoek op 25 Mei 2021.

[2] Blum, Erhard (2020). "The Israelite Tribal System: Literary Fiction or Social Reality?". In Krause, Joachim J.; Sergi, Omer; Weingart, Kristin (reds.). Saul, Benjamin, and the Emergence of Monarchy in Israel: Biblical and Archaeological Perspectives. SBL Press. p. 213. ISBN 978-0-88414-451-9.

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