"Brit-Am Now"-300
September 25, 2003
Contents:
1. Mel Gibson
2. New Genealogy Feature on
Brit-Am web site
3. Biblical Proof no. 28: Nobility
4. Hebrew New
Year
5. Question on Angles-Aegel
1. Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson has just
released a film about the final days of Jesus. The film
has been described
as anti-semitic.
Rabbi Daniel Lapin ( www.towardtradition.org Protesting
Gibson's Passion
Lacks Moral Legitimacy) has come out in defence of the
film. I have not
seen the film, probably will not see it,
and have no
opinion (at present) on the matter.
Nevertheless, I did see several of
Gibson's films. They were good and they
were prejudiced and inaccurate.
I
saw Braveheart in which an English lords is presented as deflowering a
Scottish bride on the day of her wedding.
This may have once happened on
the European Continent (Mozart has an Opera
about it?) but was not an
English practice.
I also The Patriot about the American War of Independence
in which the
English were depicted as Nazi-like oppressors.
The English
could sometimes behave in very bad ways but the above
representations were
unfair.
2. New Genealogy Feature on Brit-Am web site
http://britam.org/genealogy/LTTsurnames.html
We
have begun to process information on surnames.
Eventually we hope to have
informative entries on every name of Brit-Am interest.
We will build up
this feature slowly. A few names are already up. Please go to the
site
and see what we have begun to do. We need information about surnames
and your assistance.
Please send what you know about your name that you
think may be of interest to others (like yourselves) to:
Betty Matteson
Rhodes <betmatrho@britam.org>
3.
Biblical Proof no. 28: Nobility
[Jeremiah 31:20] IS EPHRAIM
MY DEAR SON? IS HE A PLEASANT
CHILD? FOR SINCE I SPAKE AGAINST HIM, I DO
EARNESTLY REMEMBER HIM STILL:
THEREFORE MY BOWELS ARE TROUBLED FOR HIM; I
WILL SURELY HAVE MERCY UPON
HIM, SAITH THE LORD.
<EPHRAIM MY DEAR
SON. Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said: [the word Ephraim
means] someone who grew
up in a palace [i.e. a noble]. Rabbi Yehoshua ben
Nachman said: [the word
Ephraim means] a master and governor. Said Rabbi
Pinchas, our forefather
Jacob when he passed away coronated Ephraim with a
crown and made him the
head of the tribes, the chief of the assembly, the
most handsome and exalted
of my descendants will be called by his name.>>
(YaYikra Rabah 2;3).
W
This Midrash refers to the fact that the very name Ephraim connotes
nobility
(as explained at length in our work Ephraim) whereas Menasseh
connotes
representative Accountable Democracy. Ephraim dominates Britain and
Menasseh is prevalent in the USA. Ephraim (nobility, the aristocratic
principle of government) still prevails in Britain whereas the democratic
Principle is paramount in the USA.
See our book, "Ephraim" where we
have spoken at great length on this issue.
4. Hebrew New
Year
27th September and 28th September are the Hebrew New Year. This coming
year is 5764.
We will be out of contact for 50 hours or more.
We wish
you all a good year.
May the God of Israel bless all of us,
Yair
Davidiy
5. Question on Angles-Aegel
From: Eric
Schendel
>Yair,
>
>As usual, very fascinating information and
I always look forward to reading
>your Brit-Am newsletter. However, I do
wish you would cite your references.
>In the above quotation, by whom were
the English/Angles known as Aegels?
>Did the Angles themselves use the
term, or was it applied by their Jewish
>contemporaries? Citing chapter
and verse would be very helpful. What
>ancient book, scroll, author or
song used the term, chapter and page,
etc.
>Thanks.
>
>Eric
Shalom,
According to the
references I saw the Angles on the Continent in Europe were referred
to
as Aegels by their neighbors. Whether they used this term for themselves
or
not is apparently not known. see F.R. Klaiber, "Beowulf", (USA, 1922)
p.xlii and Gwyn Jones, "A History
of the Vikings", (NY 1984) p.38
The
Greek original of Ptolemy referred to the Angles on the Continent as
"Aggiloi" but in Latinized versions of Ptolemy "Aggiloi" has been amended
to "Angli".
In Scythia Herodotus refers to the Aegloi east of the
Caspian Sea and these are identified with
the Augali of Ptolemy. We
identified this group with the Angles who from Scythia moved
westward.
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