Lost Tribes InstituteWorks
Works by Richard Hewitt (Risbek)
Books, papers, essays, screenplays and videos in one place. Some can be read or downloaded here; the rest link to where they are published.
Books
Books in English, on Amazon in print and Kindle.
Come Home: Extending the Jewish Template to All Nations
Kindle, audiobook, hardcover and paperback.
India's Most Popular Man
Jesus in All Nations series. Kindle, audiobook and paperback.
The Breath of God: Sufi Islam's Adoration of Isa Masih (Jesus the al-Khidr)
Jesus in All Nations series. Kindle, audiobook and paperback.
Iconic Bible Chapters about Israel's Lost Tribes
2024Presented at the Chiang Mai, Thailand symposium, May 10, 2024. Kindle and audiobook.
Lost Tribes of Israel Found: in the Kyrgyz Epic – Manas son of Jakyb
Essays presented at academic symposiums in Kyrgyzstan defending ethnic Kyrgyz as a lost tribe of Israel. Kindle, paperback and audiobook.
Semetey: The Hidden Semite
Semetey series. Kindle and paperback.
Semetey's Return: A Semitic Allegory
Semetey series. Kindle and paperback.
Kyrgyz Kalpak
Jesus in All Nations series. Kindle and paperback.
The Wanderer
Jesus in All Nations series. Kindle, audiobook and paperback.
Symposium proceedings
Papers from the Lost Tribes Institute symposiums, compiled and published by the Institute.
The Interconnectedness of the Israelites in Asia: Lost Tribes Institute's First Scientific Symposium
2023Aizawl, Mizoram symposium (2023). Symposiums of the Lost Tribes Institute, Book 3. Kindle and paperback.
Lost Tribes Institute's 2nd International Symposium: Chiang Mai, Thailand (May 9–10, 2024)
2024Symposiums of the Lost Tribes Institute, Book 2. Kindle and paperback.
Scientific Symposium of the United Mikir's Research Society & Lost Tribes Institute: On the Israelite Origin of the Mikir/Karbi People
2025Symposiums of the Lost Tribes Institute, Book 1. Kindle and paperback.
Israel's Ten Lost Tribes in Japan and throughout Asia: International Symposium 2025
2025Essays from the Tokyo symposium (2025) arguing the Japanese descend from Israel's lost tribes. Kindle and paperback.
In Kyrgyz and Russian
Books and stories written in Kyrgyzstan, free to download here.
Манас: Жоголгону табылды
2011Kyrgyz-language study comparing the Manas epic with the Torah's Manasseh son of Jacob, 2011. Illustrated. 228 pages.
Кыдыр – Тизме
Kyrgyz-language list comparing Kydyr and the Mashayak; the list that appears in the story Кыдыр (Окуя). 52 pages.
Кыдыр (Russian)
2010Russian-language study «Нежелательный Кыдыр» (Kyrgyz and the Forbidden Book, part V), on Kydyr and the Bible, 2010. 23 pages.
Ала-Тоодогу Кырк Из
2000Kyrgyz-language collection of short stories, Bishkek, 2000. Illustrated scan, searchable. 112 pages.
Калпак (Russian edition)
Russian edition, illustrated. 40 pages.
Возвращение домой (Come Home, Russian edition)
Russian edition of Come Home: Extending the Jewish Template to All Nations. 282 pages.
Эл аралык желе байланышы
International connections: the Kuki, Altai, Manchuria and Japan. Chapter 11 of Манас: Жоголгону табылды.
Papers
Research papers and symposium presentations. Most can be read here as essays or downloaded as PDFs.
Analysis of the Mikir-Israeli Claim: Ethnic Mikir (Karbi) Descend From Ancient Israel
2025LTI–UMRS symposium, Plasa, Meghalaya, December 2024.
A Comparative Analysis of Two Humble Kings: The Biblical Messiah and the Mikir Sot Recho
Compares the Mikir (Karbi) figure of Sot Recho, the “Humble King,” with the Messiah of the Hebrew prophets.
Sonoram Rongphar (United Mikir Research Society); edited by Richard Hewitt (Risbek)Did Ancient Israelites Form Eastern Religions? (Part 2)
2025Lost Tribes Institute's 3rd International Scientific Symposium. Continues Part I.
Siddhartha Gautama Buddha Prophecies Jesus
On a Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia page about the Buddha's “Lord of Mercies.”
Wandering Through Nomadic Epics
Early paper comparing the Kyrgyz epics with the Bible.
A Comparative Analysis of Kyrgyz Jakyb and Biblical Jacob
20061st International Symposium of World Epic, Bishkek, 2006.
Essays
Written for this site, newest first. Papers that can be read here are listed above.
The Brilliant Design: Why God Never Asked the Nations to Change Their Religion
October 26, 2026God does not convert people from one religion to another.
Dr. Jason Staples on "All Israel Will Be Saved"
October 25, 2026Theologian Dr. Jason Staples central claim is that God keeps his promise to restore all twelve tribes of Israel, including the northern tribes who were scattered by Assyria and absorbed into the nations. For anyone interested in the fate of the lost tribes, this talk offers a rare scholarly reading in which those tribes sit at the center of Paul's argument.
Messianic Judaism and Isa Muslims: A Comparison
October 23, 2026Messianic Judaism started a trend of worshipping Jesus, the fulfillment, within their own cultural context. Islam applied the template. This pattern can be applied to all faiths and cultures.
Rabbinic Judaism and Islam: Parallels in Law, Theology and Language
October 23, 2026After seeing similarities between Rabbinic Judaism and Islamic Theology in Asia and hearing about the similarities in academic debates, I (Richard Hewitt) prompted Claude AI to make a comparative analysis. This unedited paper is the result.
Jesus on a Buddhist Encyclopedia Page
October 18, 2026A Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia page confirms the sacred Buddhist texts predicted Jesus
The International Trajectory of God’s Good News
October 18, 2026The Good News announced to the nations started with Abraham in Genesis and carries through to Revelation.
The Name - A Banner for All Nations and Languages
October 18, 2026One name with a million variations in every language on Earth.
The Name That Reclaims All Names
October 15, 2026Across Asia, the highest titles people have held for their deepest hopes, from the Mahdi to Amida to Kydyr, keep finding their way to Jesus. The Bible describes exactly this movement, from Psalm 2 to Revelation 21.
Podcast with Japanese Researcher Arimasa Kubo
October 14, 2026Interview with Japanese Scholar Arimasa Kubo on the evidence that ancient Israelites came to Japan.
The Lord of Mercies: Jesus on a Buddhist Encyclopedia Page
October 14, 2026A page on the Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia says the Buddha foretold a coming "Lord of Mercies," pierced and scarred. What the page claims, where it came from, and why its Chiang Mai manuscript deserves a closer look.
Manas: The Lost Is Found, chapter by chapter
Chapters of the Manas study in English, posted one at a time on Scribd.
Screenplays
Ancestral Passage: a screenplay
Kindle and paperback.
Videos, audio and podcast
On the Lost Tribes Institute YouTube channel.
Richard Hewitt (Risbek) from Lost Tribes Institute
Talks and interviews.
Lost Tribes of Israel Podcast
Conversations with researchers.
Кыргыз бабалардын Чаар китеби (audio)
Audio readings in Kyrgyz.
Also on Amazon author page, Academia.edu, Scribd, YouTube.