Arguing over mythology is ridiculous.
Sounds like a bunch of Sci Fi nerds fighting over the proper grammar in Wookiee.
However, there were TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL.
Originally Posted by Yssup Rider
You say that you are a Jew and you don't know your own history,
or mythology as you put it.
The whole book of Hosea talks about it. there was a separation
of the 12 tribes after the reign of King Solomon into a northern
kingdom and a southern kingdom where the tribe of Judah and
Levi separated from the other 10 tribes and two different kingdoms
were formed.
After this separation is the first time in the bible or history that you will
find the term JEW being used (to describe the southern kingdom)
which was made up of the tribe of Judah and Levi.
The northern kingdom consisted of the 10 other tribes of Israel.
What eventually would be referred to as the 10 lost tribes,
after they were carried away into bondage and lost to history.
After the separation they are ever after referred to as the house of Israel
( the 10 northern tribes) and the house of Judah--THE JEWS ( the southern kingdom)
Ezekiel gives reference to it when he talks about the two sticks being joined together
again sometime in the future, apparently God has kept up with the 10 lost tribes
even though they have been lost to history.