According to Hebrew texts, 12 tribes once occupied the Land of Israel. Formed by descendants of the patriarch Jacob (later ...

F.J. van Dijk published in the New West Indian Guide what remained for a long time the only scholarly paper on the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Undoubtedly the largest Rastafari organization both in terms ...

Jacob was renamed Israel when God appeared to him when he was leaving Padn-Aram and blessed him. Jacob produced twelve sons, each of whom became the father of one of the twelve tribes of Israel.

The number twelve was symbolic as it represented the twelve tribes of Israel in Jewish scriptures. The mission of the twelve was three fold - to preach, perform exorcisms (drive out evil spirits ...