Brit-Am Now no. 1457
The Lost Ten Tribes of Israel Movement
4 February 2010, 21 Shevet 5770
Contents:
1. A. Cohen: Race and the Lost Ten Tribes
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3. Nathan Proud: Why apologize About Race?
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1. A. Cohen: Race and the Lost Ten Tribes
Shalom Yair,
Just a few comments concerning the 'race' question.
I know a family whose genes carry a fraction of African and possibly a bit of North American Indian blood. Yet, for generations they have mostly been fair skinned and freckled with blue eyes and blonde/reddish hair, with a few brunettes thrown in.
If you ask anyone what 'race' this family belongs to absolutely no one will say black African or Indian. For all intents and purposes they are white Caucasian. Is there a bit of a mixture? Yes, but the predominant gene pool is from the white race.
Have Israel and Judah mixed with other races? Yes, but, I believe that even today their dominant DNA is from Hebrew stock, making them a Semitic 'race', which they 'reveal' in their physical and other makeup.
I personally believe there has not been as much intermixing as some may think. I believe that HaShem has directed His people as to who they would marry and procreate with.
For the most part when our Tribes were on the move across Europe and into the 'new world', etc. They did so as families and whole villages not as individuals. By so doing they kept their gene pool intact. At least that is how it worked for my ancestors.
Also, I agree with you that the so-called 'lost tribes' that are being 'found' and brought to Israel are not from Hebrew Tribes but rather have ancestors who converted to Judaism. It is a 'religion' they are part of, not a 'People' called Israel. And that is fine as long as they recognize and acknowledge the actual descendants of the Israelite tribes and agree to the biblical criteria necessary for their being allowed to live in the Land.
Shalom, Shalom
Annette
3. Nathan Proud: Why apologize About Race?
From: nproud@gmail.com
Subject: Brit-Am Now 1456
And the worthless discussion of race continues...
The Black Hebrew bunch centralizes the importance of race and insists with stale air as their evidence that, though Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were descendants of Shem, they somehow were indentical in appearance to the descendants of Ham.
Those who agree with the findings of Brit-Am consistently and needlessly apologize for Israelites being predominantly white. To emphasize various ethnic appearances within Israel (as little as there may have been in ancient times) is as worthless as emphasizing black Norwegians. Scandinavians are white. Anglo-Saxons are white. Why apologize? Why try to diffuse accusations of racism before they even occur? They don't matter.
Israel in ancient times was predominantly white. All the biblical evidence points to that: Sarah was "fair," Laban means "white," the Shulammite is an exception because she is "dark but lovely," David was red-haired with bright (blue?) eyes, Solomon is described as having black hair and blue eyes, etc. Beyond that, you have posted Egyptian portrayals of blond-haired, blue-eyed Israelite slaves.
But concerning admixture, there was certainly some though most of the foreign features seem to have been swallowed up into the common Israelite traits. After Israel was exiled, there honestly doesn't seem to be that much intermarriage. I read somewhere that intermarriage was strictly forbidden for the Scythians, and Herodotus demonstrates an emphasis on that (Histories, 4:76):
"The Scythians are another people who are absolutely set against adopting customs imported from anyone else, especially Greeks. ... [Anacharsis] performed all the rites to the goddess... However, his actions were spotted by a certain Scythian, who reported him to King Saulius. The king came in person, saw Anacharsis performing the rites, and shot him dead with bow and arrow. ... [H]e was killed by his own brother."
Nathan Proud
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