Lost Tribes Institute
Israel's Ten Lost Tribes in Japan and throughout Asia
Essays from the Tokyo symposium arguing that the Japanese descend from Israel's lost tribes.
View on Amazon →Books
Books from the Institute
Symposium proceedings, studies of the Kyrgyz and the Epic of Manas, and books on Scripture and the nations by Richard Hewitt (Risbek) and Margot Crossing, and books by researchers in the LTI network: Howard Ha-Sung Chung, Mikkel S. Kragh, Arimasa Kubo and Susanne Ratcliffe. Richard’s books are on his Amazon author page in Kindle and print, several also as audiobooks.
Symposium proceedings
Lost Tribes Institute's 2nd International Symposium
Papers on the Karen, Japan, the Mizo and the Qiang presented in Chiang Mai.
View on Amazon →
The Interconnectedness of the Israelites in Asia
The Aizawl, Mizoram symposium on Kyrgyz, Mizo, Chin, Kuki, Q'iang Min and Karen oral histories.
View on Amazon →
On the Israelite Origin of the Mikir/Karbi People
Essays from the joint symposium of the United Mikir's Research Society and the Institute on the Israelite origin of the Mikir/Karbi of Assam and Meghalaya.
View on Amazon →The Kyrgyz and the Epic of Manas
Lost Tribes of Israel Found: in the Kyrgyz Epic
Essays presented at academic symposiums in Kyrgyzstan defending ethnic Kyrgyz as a lost tribe of Israel.
View on Amazon →
Кыргызы и Запретная книга
Russian-language edition for Kyrgyz readers.
View on Amazon →
Semetey: The Hidden Semite
Fiction drawn from the Manas cycle.
View on Amazon →
Semetey's Return: A Semitic Allegory
Second book of the Semetey series.
View on Amazon →Scripture and the return
Iconic Bible Chapters about Israel's Lost Tribes
The prophets' chapters on Israel's return and the messianic imagery in them.
View on Amazon →
From Promise to Restoration
By Margot Crossing, edited by Richard Hewitt (Risbek). A six-week study of Scripture about the restoration of scattered Israel and the nations.
View on Amazon →
Come Home
How the pattern of Judah's return opens to every nation.
View on Amazon →Jesus in all nations
Iran's Biblical History
Persia's place in the biblical story, from the exiles of Israel to the Magi.
View on Amazon →
India's Most Popular Man
Jesus, known by many names, is honored across India's religions and tribes.
View on Amazon →
The Breath of God
Jesus the al-Khidr in Sufi tradition. Jesus in All Nations series.
View on Amazon →
Kyrgyz Kalpak
Jesus in All Nations series.
View on Amazon →
The Wanderer
Jesus in All Nations series.
View on Amazon →
Ancestral Passage
A screenplay.
View on Amazon →From the LTI network
Researchers and writers who work alongside the Institute.
Howard Ha-Sung Chung
Researcher at Handong Global University, Korea. Writes on the Israelite peoples of Eurasia, China and Korea; speaker at the Chiang Mai symposium, 2024.
Mikkel S. Kragh
Danish researcher on the northern tribes in Europe and the tribe of Dan.
Arimasa Kubo
Japanese researcher and writer, head of Remnant Publishing in Tokyo; opened the Institute’s Tokyo symposium, 2025.
Susanne Ratcliffe
Australian novelist. Her Stones of Wrath series follows the hunt for a 3,000-year-old relic from the Bible.
Dispersion of the Israelites in the Eurasian Continent
The scattered Israelites traced across Central Asia, Persia, India, China and Europe from ancient sources and Chinese annals.
View on Amazon →
Reunification of Israel
The second volume, on the coming together of Israel’s scattered tribes.
View on Amazon →
The Lost 10 Tribes of Israel in Europe
The northern tribes followed from the Assyrian exile to the nations of Europe through history, archaeology and the prophets.
View on Amazon →
God’s Fingerprints from Israel to Japan
From Israel along the Silk Road to Japan: the lost tribes, the roots of the Japanese, and Japanese and Israelite traditions side by side.
View on Amazon →
Shinto no Roots to Yudaya
Shrines, purification rites, festivals and DNA compared with ancient Israel.
View on Amazon →
Stones of Wrath: The Tapestry
In 1916 an archaeology professor finds a coded message in a royal tapestry that points to a relic from the Bible.
View on Amazon →
Stones of Wrath: The Twins
The relic hunt carries on through the Second World War, from occupied Denmark to the Andes.
View on Amazon →