Brit-Am Now"- 441
August 25, 2004
Contents:
1. Family Genealogy Searches: A Message from Betty
2. The House of David
3. 3. Psalms 16
4. Amerindians and Brit-Am Beliefs
5. Disagreement with Biblical Comment
1. Family Genealogy Searches: A Message from Betty
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 14:55:08 -0500
From: Betty Rhodes <betmatrho@earthlink.net>
Subject: Brit-Am Genealogy Section
Regarding the Brit-Am Genealogy section
at: http://britam.org/genealogy/LTTsurnames.html
It has been quite awhile since I've spent any time on the Lost Tribe
Genealogy Section but I can clearly see that it is a very popular section
according to the webpage counter statistics.
Listed below are the top 20 pages on Brit-Am for August 2004 and as you
can see the genealogy section is very active.
1 2122 2.73% 104415 7.17% index.html
2 1548 1.99% 13772 0.95% /PayPal.bmp
3 691 0.89% 17 0.00% /robots.txt
4 592 0.76% 803 0.06% /favicon.ico
5 502 0.65% 152326 10.46% /genealogy/scottishfamilies.html
6 424 0.55% 1984 0.14% /tribes.html
7 393 0.51% 8280 0.57% /genealogy/LTTsurnames.html
8 261 0.34% 11564 0.79% /genealogy/namesakes.html
9 254 0.33% 8332 0.57% /anthropology.html
10 236 0.30% 2873 0.20% /dan.html
11 217 0.28% 506 0.03% /genealogy/genealogy.html
12 186 0.24% 25247 1.73% /genealogy/iresurnames.html
13 183 0.24% 13407 0.92% /reuben.html
14 174 0.22% 6356 0.44% /genealogy/heraldry.html
15 169 0.22% 4156 0.29% /israelites.html
16 162 0.21% 2295 0.16% /joseph.html
17 161 0.21% 1005 0.07% /prooflist.html
18 152 0.20% 2899 0.20% /asher.html
19 150 0.19% 2522 0.17% /order.html
20 143 0.18% 4271 0.29% /gad.html
There are several common surnames already featured under for the UK,
Scotish, Irish, Welsh, and American pages, but we need to continue
providing information on some of the other surnames. If you have a surname
you would like to see featured please send it to me at:
betmatrho@britam.org . If you would like to help on this section of Brit-Am
please write to Betty at the email address above. There are many Lost
Tribe surnames among the lists and we would like to have nearly all of the
more common ones featured in our Genealogy section - so do send your input
to Betty. If there is something you would like to see featured in this
section that we are lacking we are open to suggestions as well.
Betty Matteson Rhodes
2. The House of David
Question:
>Dear Yair ,
>
>What do you understand by the house of David ?
Yours marcus
Answer: By the House of David we understand
Descendants of King David especially via the line of Solomon.
From the line of Solomon will emerge the future Messiah but David had
other sons and these too had descendants.
3. Psalms 16
MICHTAM OF DAVID
Rashi says that "michtam" means a type of song.
[Psalms 16:1] PRESERVE ME, O GOD: FOR IN THEE DO I PUT MY TRUST.
[Psalms 16:2] O MY SOUL, THOU HAST SAID UNTO THE LORD, THOU ART MY LORD:
MY GOODNESS EXTENDETH NOT TO THEE;
<<O MY SOUL>>: This is not in the Hebrew: The Hebrew text says according to
Rashi: You [feminine] [The Assembly of Israel/] has said unto the Almighty You are
my Lord. The good you do for me is not what you are obligated to do [but
freely given].
The Radak interprests the verse in the same way as the KJ.
[Psalms 16:3] BUT TO THE SAINTS THAT ARE IN THE EARTH, AND TO THE
EXCELLENT, IN WHOM IS ALL MY DELIGHT.
<<EXCELLENT>>: Hebrew: Adiri i.e. Mighty Ones.
Radak: <<All of my delight is in the Holy Ones who are in this world
and in those who are excellent in their behavior.>>
[Psalms 16:4] THEIR SORROWS SHALL BE MULTIPLIED THAT HASTEN AFTER ANOTHER
GOD: THEIR DRINK OFFERINGS OF BLOOD WILL I NOT OFFER, NOR TAKE UP THEIR
NAMES INTO MY LIPS.
[Psalms 16:5] THE LORD IS THE PORTION OF MINE INHERITANCE AND OF MY CUP:
THOU MAINTAINEST MY LOT.
<<THOU MAINTAINEST MY LOT>>: You help me achieve my destiny.
[Psalms 16:6] THE LINES ARE FALLEN UNTO ME IN PLEASANT PLACES; YEA, I HAVE
A GOODLY HERITAGE.
<<THE LINES>>: i.e. the ropes that separate my portion of inheritance [in
land]: Used figuratively
[Psalms 16:7] I WILL BLESS THE LORD, WHO HATH GIVEN ME COUNSEL: MY REINS
ALSO INSTRUCT ME IN THE NIGHT SEASONS.
<<MY REINS>>: Hebrew: "cilioti", i.e. my kidneys. My
instincts.
[Psalms 16:8] I HAVE SET THE LORD ALWAYS BEFORE ME: BECAUSE HE IS AT MY
RIGHT HAND, I SHALL NOT BE MOVED.
<<I HAVE SET>>: Hebrew "shiviti" from the rot "shat" meaning "set": From
here we have the English words "set", "sit", "sat". Notice that in these
English words "sit", "sat" the consonants (s-t) remain the same but the
vowels change just like the conjugation of a Hebrew verb.
[Psalms 16:9] THEREFORE MY HEART IS GLAD, AND MY GLORY REJOICETH: MY FLESH
ALSO SHALL REST IN HOPE.
[Psalms 16:10] FOR THOU WILT NOT LEAVE MY SOUL IN HELL; NEITHER WILT THOU
SUFFER THINE HOLY ONE TO SEE CORRUPTION.
<<HELL>>: Hebrew "sha-ol" meaning the place of the dead.
[Psalms 16:11] THOU WILT SHEW ME THE PATH OF LIFE: IN THY PRESENCE IS
FULNESS OF JOY; AT THY RIGHT HAND THERE ARE PLEASURES FOR
EVERMORE.
4. Amerindians and Brit-Am Beliefs
Question
>Dear Mr. Davidi,
> I have been trying for the 3rd time to read through your book
> "Joseph" and although I do ascribe to the theory of the 2 Houses of
> Israel, I find some of your writings to be confusing. In reference to
> your comments on page 15 regarding colonisalism "desolate heritages
> denote colonialism and the settlement of regions that had been relatively
> unpopulated such as North America and
> Australia...??? Unpopulated??? Does that mean that the hundreds of
> thousands of Native Americans don't count??? And what about the comment
> on page 17 regarding the Anglo-Saxons being a civilizing
> influence??? May I educate you some on the facts. The USA government
> was heavily influenced by the civilized tribes of North America and
> developed their form of government patterned after the Iroquis Nation of
> Indians. Many of the tribes had governments that voted, held trials and
> meeted out punishments that impressed people like Ben Franklin and George
> Washington enough to adopt certain parts into what is now American
> judicial system.
> Your projection of the Americans as a covenant people is amusing
> since almost every covenant with the Natives has been broken before the
> ink was dry on the paper.
> Please forgive my bluntness, but as an American (white) with native
> blood (Cherokee-south east tribe and known as one of the 5 civilized
> tribes) I am offended by your remarks and lack of knowledge and
> acknowledgement of the native, indigenous peoples of both America and
> Australia. Some in my torah group actually believe that tribes like the
> Cherokee are descendants of the Israelites. It might be worth study.
> Again forgive my bluntness, but perhaps you could explain your
> statements and help me understand where you are coming from.
>
Thank you, Marti
> Williams
>PS My maiden name is Yowell and in our history it says our name is from
>the Jewish word Yovel meaning year of Jubilee. I just know that somewhere
>in my past I have Hebrew roots; maybe on both sides!
Reply: Some of my personal friends and quite a few of our subscribers have
some Amerindian blood.
We never examined in depth the possibility that Israelites settled amongst
them though our impression was
that they may well have done so. Even so the Israelites in this case on the
whole were a minority and not
a determining element though there may have been differences from one group
to another.
The 100s of thousands of Amerindians that were once in North America are
not the same as the
200 million or so citizens who now dwell there. Compared to its potential
North America could have been considered
a relatively unsettled wilderness. Some of the Amerindian Tribes may have
had a high cultural level on matters that count
but my limited reading on the subject indicates that there were great
differences between one group and another.
I consider the Americans and British to be a covenant people in so far as
they embody primarily the tribes of Joseph
with whom an unbreakable covenant was declared by the Almighty.
I never said they were saints.
Regarding the Australian aborigines there indeed we are speaking of a
relatively small number of people who were
susceptible to diseases (such as the common cold) for which the European
newcomers had developed a resistance.
I had the impression that their civilization had atrophied. It was not a
primitive society in the stages of advancement
but rather an old civilization in progressive decay from which it could not
advance.
I am not saying it was their fault or that there was anything wrong with them
just that there existed a historical reality. If the British had not come
somebody else would have
and the world in my opinion would not have been better off.
The same applies to North America. There was a vacuum.
If the "Anglos" had not taken over somebody else would have
but the Almighty had predestined the area to the descendants of Israel.
The basis of Brit-Am claims are from Scripture and we interpret the Bible
to the best of our knowledge
according to what we understand the truth to be.
Thank you for making your reservations known. It helps us to be aware of
what effect
our writings have on different people.
God bless you
Yair Davidiy
5. Disagreement with Biblical Comment
From: Max Rambow
Subject: Re: Judges 18-1
I respectfully disagree with your assertion that because there was no king
bad things happened in the time of the judges. Wasn't Manasseh a king? It
is only when our God is not the king of our hearts that such things can
happen? Sincerely Max Rambow
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