"Brit-Am Now"-997
Contents:
1. Answers to Brit-Am Questionnaire
no.A.
9
2. Example of Double Place-Name Etymology
3. Additions to "Ireland in Bible Codes"
4. Brit-Am Under the Weather
5. Brit-Am still in need of funds.
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1. Answers to
Brit-Am Questionnaire no.A. 9
Q9. If you are not convinced by everything Brit-Am says, what is
the weakest point in the Brit-Am presentation?
Extracts from answers given on website:
http://www.britam.org/Survey.html#9If
Summary and Intermediate Conclusions to Question A.9:
Many refrained from answering this question. Judging from their answers to the
other questions we may assume that most of those who did not answer found
nothing significantly negative in our presentation.
Amongst those who did reply we find the following criticisms: too intellectual,
speculative, religious differences, not enough other Jewish groups involved,
need to rely more on Providence, fund raising too frequent and not tasteful,
perhaps too much "sceince", too much information, negative postings, linguistic
weaknesses in proofs, bad marketing, lack of funds too evident, etc.
Sounds like quite a list but it needs to be taken in the context of the complete
questionairre. Nearly all those who had criticisms were, on the whole, otherwise
quite pleased with our efforts.
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2. Example of
Double Place-Name Etymology
Etymology studies the origin of words. Toponyms are the
place-names.
The Etymology of the Toponomy is a method we use in research to confirm and
strengthen
our conclusions.
In many cases independent study will show that the "experts" give alternate
explanations for the
place-names that may seem more convincing.
We would like to state that in some cases we may be wrong (it has happened) in
our deductions
but the fact that other explanations exist does not contradict our claims.
All peoples when encountering a name like to ascribe it a meaning that makes
sense in their own tongue.
They will also often alter the original pronunciation to make the previous name
sound more like
a similar word whose meaning they are familiar with.
For example,
The name "Dublin"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin
<<The name Dublin is a Hiberno-English derivative of 'Dubh Linn' (Irish,
dubh -> black, and linn -> pool). .. French-speaking Normans omitted the dot and
spelled the name variously as 'Develyn' or 'Dublin'.
Some sources doubt this derivation, and suggest that 'Dublin' is of Scandinavian
origin, cf. Icelandic: dj p lind ('deep pond'). However, the name 'Dubh Linn'
pre-dates the arrival of the Vikings in Ireland, and the Old Norse (and modern
Icelandic) name for Dublin is simply the words 'Dubh Linn' re-spelled as if they
were Old Norse...>>
The Name "York"
Wikipedia: York
The name 'York' ultimately derives from the Latin name for the city, variously
rendered as Eboracum, Eburacum or Eburaci...One theory is that Eboracum is
derived from the Proto-Brythonic word Eborakon which can mean "place of the yew
trees" or "the field of Eburos"...Another theory is that the language of the
indigenous population was a Germanic language similar to Old English and so
Eboracum is derived from eofor meaning a boar.[2][3]
...The Anglo-Saxons who inhabited York in the 7th century knew it as Eoferwic.
Two centuries later, as a Viking trading centre, the city was known as Jorvik.
Orjan Svennsson:
http://britam.org/now/now162.html
York in England was called Jorvik by the Vikings. York is an
anglicised form of Jorvik...
Jorvik according to my understanding means "jordvik", i.e. "bay of earth"
or "bay of soil"....
From the above two example we can make the following points.
a. Usually the true etymology of a name is not know for sure.
b. Successive settlers will often change and re-interpret an existing name so
that it has another meaning
(of similar sound) in their own language.
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3. Additions to
"Ireland in Bible Codes"
Entries on Dublin and Donegal have been added
http://www.britam.org/codesarticles/CodesIreland.html
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4. Brit-Am Under
the Weather
Some kind of mild "virus" is going around Jerusalem.
I have a cold and a cough and am not functioning as well as usual
this week.
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5. Brit-Am still
in need of funds.
Brit-Am has a magazine of great importance to offer
http://www.britam.org/magazine.html
issue no.10 is now available
http://www.britam.org/magazine.html#10
Other publications of ours are both vital and interesting
http://www.britam.org/#Publications
As usual Brit-Am is in need of funds
so send an offering if you can.
either via PayPal
or by snail mail.
It will help us and we believe that whoever gives to
Brit-Am will also benefit.
