Lost & Found: A Pattern Linking the Silk Road's Epic Heroes to Ancient Prophets - Softcover

Risbek

 
9781477461709: Lost & Found: A Pattern Linking the Silk Road's Epic Heroes to Ancient Prophets

Inhaltsangabe

Rural Kyrgyz have many traditions that appear biblical, causing an observer to wonder if there is a link. Comparing Kyrgyzstan’s national epic Manas with ancient scripture reinforces such a bond; especially obvious is the similarity between “Manasseh son of Jacob” and the Kyrgyz hero “Manas son of Jakyb.”

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Richard Hewitt (Risbek) came to Kyrgyzstan in 1994 to teach at the Academy of Agriculture in Bishkek. The next year he started a seed project in the high mountains where one Kyrgyz family "adopted" him. In this context Risbek started noticing the similarities highlighted in this book.

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