"Brit-Am Now"-593
Contents:
1. Wedding in Jerusalem
2. Ancient Egyptians in Australia?
3. Symmetry Katrina -Katif? Israel-Judah
4. Was Simeon Ruled by Ephraim?
5. Arutz-Sheva Interview of Rabbi Avraham Feld by Tamar Yonah
1. Wedding in Jerusalem
Gedaliah Feld the son of Rabbi Avraham Feld was married to
Ora daughter of Rabbi Chaim Richman of the Temple institute
http://www.templeinstitute.org/main.htm
in the Garden of Knesset Towers Hotel
Jerusalem
on
Monday
September 5th, 2005
Yom Sheni, Elul 1, 5765
2. Ancient Egyptians in Australia?
Note the following websites claim that Ancient Egyptians and Phoenicians were in Australia.
Brit-Am believes this is correct but we should be careful about accepting evidence from unconfirmed
sources.
The URLS with excerpts:
http://www.archaeologyanswers.com/egypt.htm
Chemical analysis of some Ancient Egyptian Mummies has revealed the presence of Eucalyptus Oil which indicates contact with Australia in the days of the Pharaohs!
Did you know that death beliefs and rites of Ancient Egypt (including mummification) are held by Arnhem Land (Australia) and Torres Strait natives? The incisions and method of embalming are identical to the practice of 2,900 years ago in Egypt.
http://www.internetezy.com.au/~mj129/strangephenomenon.html
Aboriginal Cultures {Egyptian Influences}
While investigating Aboriginal cultures in the North-West Kimberly's during 1931, Professor A.P Elkin of Sydney University came upon tribes displaying Mediterranean racial features, with Egyptian words in their language. Professor Elkin also recorded ...an Earth Mother cult identical in every respect with that of the Ancient Egyptians. These findings led Professor Elkin to believe there were historical connections with the Mediterranean dating to before the time of Christ. Torres Strait islanders once mummified their dead in a way which Cambridge University Anthropologists noticed was identical to the method practiced during the 21st Dynasty 2,900 years ago. The inference is that Egyptians seamen, settled in Torres Strait, taught the people there how, in their own ritual fashion, to preserve the bodies of the dead. The custom continued until Christian missionaries forbade it late last century (1800's) If Egyptians, or folk from their part of the world, did reach Australia they supposedly took home materials as lasting evidence of their visit.
Eucalyptus 1000 B.C
Such evidence exists. In 1964 the tomb of a woman, dating back to 1,000 B.C was found in the Jordan Valley. Examination of the body revealed that Eucalyptus resin was employed in the embalming process.As in those times Eucalyptus could only have been obtained from either Australia, Torres Strait or New Guinea, does it not seem reasonable to assume that the Ancient Egyptians must have been here? Of course, some authorities are going to cry absurd to such claims, preferring to confine themselves to the traditional view of Australian discoveries and exploration.
http://www.crystalinks.com/auspetroglyphs.html
At the mouth of the Glenely River (SA), there are human figures resembling Phoenician seafarers garbed in clothing that includes a peculiar cap worn by these people in biblical times.
3. Symmetry Katrina -Katif? Israel-Judah
if you remember our articles on the Biblical History of the Kingdoms of Judah and Israel
http://britam.org/kings.html
"The Kings of Judah and Israel"
It will be noticed that quite often the monarchs of Israel and Judah bore similar or identical names,
e.g.
After Rehoboam, Abijah, and Asa:
The next two kings of Judah were Jehoram, and Ahaziah. In their time the Kings of Israel were Ahab, Ahaziah, and Jehoram. Note that the Kings of Judah and Israel had intermarried with each other, belonged to the same family and used the same names.
i.e. Ahaziah, and Jehoram
Later:
"The next three monarchs of Judah were Athaliah, Joash, and Amaziah. During
their reign the rulers of northern Israel were Jehu, Joash, Jehoash, and Jeroboam-ii. "
i.e. A monarch named Joash ruling over Israel and another monarch with the same name ruling over Judah.
It happened that when Judah and Israel drew close together that a symmetry existed in the
names of their rulership.
Regarding Gush Katif and Katrina regardless of the blame entailed
the following points should be noticed.
a. The evacuation in itself from Gaza did not result in significant loss of life, i.e. one woman committed suicide as
protest, a few policemen were injured, and some of the protesters were beaten some badly
but on the whole the losses relatively speaking were light.
On the other hand settlements were destroyed, Israel shamed itself, a dangerous precedent set,
religious values betrayed,
valuable economic enterprises abandoned.
and the security situation greatly worsened.
The loss is not only that of the Jewish State of Israel but also of all the Tribes of Israel
of whom Judah is a forerunner in settling the land and a representative.
The loss is of all of us.
Similarly the loss in New Orleans hurts the USA and therefore hurts all Israel.
Some people may dislike aspects of American culture and American mentality BUT
for quite some time the USA has merited to represent the HEBREW Cause in the world more than any other entity.
A blow to America is a blow to all of us.
We have received two blows, one in Katif and the other in Katrina.
We should all try to better ourselves.
Something is wrong.
Despite the superficial disproportionately of the tragedies i.e. 10s of thousands dead in the USA and 100s of thousands of
refugees etc some surprisingly close parallels do exist.
In both cases a southern semi-tropical area was affected.
[Paralellels between the Land of Israel and Israel in Exile often change direction
i.e. east becomes west.]
Katyusha and Katrina are the same word.
Katif and Katrina have the same initial syllable.
G. Bush looks like a little like Gush.
Settlements were abandoned, refugees created,
Government forces employed against their own citizens, etc.
Arabs openly rejoiced at both calamities.
Kattif was the work of a human agency and as such could have been avoided.
Katrina was the Hand of God.
The sin of Katif was basically finished apart from finishing touches that are still in progress when
Katrina occurred.
Something like this was foreseen primarily by Gentile Religious leaders in the USA
and even on our own list in a very subdued moderated manner (as is fitting for us) the possibility was mentioned
by some of our subscribers.
My point is that at this stage we should forget about apportioning theoretical blame
but rather realize that to a degree we have a mutual responsibility towards the Almighty.
At some level we are part of the same family and have family responsibility for each other.
4. Was Simeon Ruled by Ephraim?
In "Brit-Am Now"-584
item # 1. Question on the Tribe of Simeon
we said:
"Before the Exile of the Ten Tribes, the Northern Kingdom of Israel had had a degree of sovereignty over part of the area south of Judah meaning the territory of Simeon. There are hints in the Bible concerning this as well as archaeological evidence" and we gave some archaeological evidence. Our main point was that even though Simeon was in the south it would seem that Simeon had been taken into Exile along with the Northern Tribes who were exiled by the Assyrians.
We would include Simeon in the quorum of Ten Tribes. We quoted the Bible, archaeology, and Jewish tradition.
In addition it is worth briefly mentioning:
a. Ancient Israel consisted of Lands to the west of the Jordan River and
lands to the east of it including much of the Territories of Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and possibly also Kuwait
and the Persian Gulf. One opinion says that even in Biblical Times the areas of Israel east of the Jordan were kust as important economically
as those to the west of it.
The Kingdom of Israel was thus to the North of Judah and to the east of Judah and to the southeast of Judah.
The Kingdom of Israel therefore had territorial contiguity with Simeon
and therefore Simeon could well have been part of "Israel" or though basically belonging to Judah could have come
under the influence and partial control of "Israel" as the archaeological evidence has demonstrated.
We know for instance that the Kings of Israel and the King of Judah took part in mutual enterprises
from Eztion Geber in the south with the Kingdom of Israel attempting to take the leading role.
The territory in question would have been included in the Land of Simeon.
They did have an economic and strategic interest in the area.
[1-Kings 22:48] JEHOSHAPHAT MADE SHIPS OF THARSHISH TO GO TO OPHIR FOR GOLD:
BUT THEY WENT NOT; FOR THE SHIPS WERE BROKEN AT EZIONGEBER.
[1-Kings 22:49] THEN SAID AHAZIAH THE SON OF AHAB UNTO JEHOSHAPHAT,
LET MY SERVANTS GO WITH THY SERVANTS IN THE SHIPS. BUT JEHOSHAPHAT WOULD NOT.
[2-Chronicles 20:35] AND AFTER THIS DID JEHOSHAPHAT KING OF JUDAH JOIN HIMSELF WITH AHAZIAH KING OF ISRAEL, WHO DID VERY WICKEDLY:
[2-Chronicles 20:36] AND HE JOINED HIMSELF WITH HIM TO MAKE SHIPS TO GO TO TARSHISH: AND THEY MADE THE SHIPS IN EZIONGABER.
[2-Chronicles 20:37] THEN ELIEZER THE SON OF DODAVAH OF MARESHAH PROPHESIED AGAINST JEHOSHAPHAT, SAYING, BECAUSE THOU HAST JOINED THYSELF WITH AHAZIAH, THE LORD HATH BROKEN THY WORKS. AND THE SHIPS WERE BROKEN, THAT THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO GO TO TARSHISH.
Tarshish was in Spain or it was a term that encompassed both Spain and Britain
and the supplies of tin that were essential in bronze production.
The Northern Kingdom was also much closer culturally, religiously, and politically to Egypt
than Judah was even though Judah was closer.
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