Could Native Americans possibly be what is said to be the "lost tribe of Benjamin"?

Answer 1

Quick answer, No.

It has been confirmed that the Native Americans crossed the Siberian land bridge at the latest ~12,000 BC. The land bridge itself had been swallowed by the sea around 4000 BC.

The ten lost tribes were scattered in the 8th century BC by the Assyrians, well after the land bridge had vanished. So unless the Jews had some ancient sea faring knowledge which they forgot when they got to America and unless they formed a new and completely unrelated language, no, it is not possible.

The most likely descendants of the lost tribes are the eastern Iranians and Afghans.

Oh and the Benjamin, Levi, and Judah tribes were the tribes that returned. It was the other 10 that were lost.

Answer 2

First problem with that hypothesis -- the tribe of Benjamin was never "lost"! It was, in fact, the one tribe that, along with Judah (and a number of Levites) remained loyal to the Davidic kings.

Note that the Apostle Paul, in his letter to the Philippians [chapter 3\] traced his lineage to the tribe of Benjamin
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians%203:3-6


(Actually, the usual "10 lost tribe" bit is rather off. We do know what happened to a number of them -- those left behind intermarried with other people the Assyrians placed there, forming the "Samaritans" despised by later, pure-blood Jews; some who were exiled to other lines retained their "Israelite" identity and joined with other Diaspora Jews, in various countries and then also back in Palestine. A New Testament example -- Anna, the devout widow who saw the infant Jesus [Luke 2] was from the tribe of Asher.)

Answer 3

Nope. Genetic testing has proven once and for all that Native Americans came from Asia. There is no evidence of a Middle Eastern origin.

Answer 4

No.

Nor do I think that any one tribe of people could have wandered this way and actually expanded in population fast enough to match the amount of people who were in the 'Americas'...