VIEW OF THE HEBREWS; OR, THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL IN AMERICA
Poultney, Vt. ; Smith & Shute, 1825. Item #32083
Full leather. 12mo. X, 285 pages. 19 cm Second edition, improved and enlarged (1st edition was 1823) . Singerman 0431. “Exhibiting Chap. I. The destruction of Jerusalem. Chap. II. The certain restoration of Judah and Israel. Chap. III. The present state of Judah and Israel. Chap. IV. An address of the Prophet Isaiah to the United States relative to their restoration. ” An attempt to identify the lost tribes of Israel with the North American Indians. By Ethan Smith, Pastor of a church in Poultney (Vt. ) . Numerous scholars have identified the significant parallels between ‘View of the Hebrews’ and the ‘Book of Mormon’ (written in 1830) . Bound in original leather, plain design. Subjects: Indians - Origin. Lost tribes of Israel. Jews - Restoration. Light soiling to endpages, lightly foxed throughout, internal hinges previously reinforced with tape, overall very fresh and clean. Very good + condition. (KH-1-17).
Price: $2,000.00