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The article focuses on the historical existence of the 12 tribes of Israel and explores evidence from biblical texts and external sources. Topics include the ambiguity surrounding the actual presence and significance of the 12 tribes, discrepancies in biblical accounts, the survival of specific tribes post-Exile, and the likely invention of the 12 tribes tradition in Judah, possibly as an idealized vision of Israelite identity.

Illustrates the ambiguity in the stand of Christian Coalition leader and televangelist Pat Robertson on anti-Semitism and Israel. Textual analysis on a portion of his article that appeared in the April 12, 1995 issue of the "Wall Street Journal"; Criticism on Robertson; Influence of the Christian Coalition on the U.S. Republican Party.