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From: Yair Davidy
To: heb_roots_chr@hebroots.org
Subject: Biblical Thoughtson the Ten Lost Tribes
Biblical Thoughts on the Ten Lost Tribes
by
Yair
Davidy
BRIT-AM is an ORTHODOX JEWISH Organization
#1) Do Orthodox Jews believe in Replacement theology? NO
#2) Do Orthodox Jews believe in Christian British Israelism? NO
"Brit-Am Israel". (Brit = Covenant, Am = People in Hebrew)
"Brit-Am Israel" at present is headed by Yair Davidy and by Rabbi
Abraham Feld.
The address of "Brit-Am Israel" is Yair Davidy,
"Brit-Am Israel",
P.O.B. 595, Jerusalem 91004, Israel.
The e-mail is : britam@netvision.net.il
"BRIT-AM ISRAEL" BELIEVES:
* The Hebrew Bible is the message of God.
* Out of the original 12 Tribes of Israel Ten were lost. Two remained. The present-day Jews are descended mainly from the two remaining Tribes of Judah and Benjamin.
* The Khazars were a Kingdom in southern Russia many of whose leaders converted to Judaism. The Khazars were descended from the Lost Ten Tribes. The Khazars were blood-relatives of the Picts who went to Scotland, and of the Anglo-Saxons, and of peoples in Scandinavia.
* In addition to the Khazars, many other converts to Judaism through the ages were descended from assimilated Jews or from members of the Lost Ten Tribes.
* Most of the Lost Ten Tribes migrated to Northwest and Western Europe and their descendants are now in those areas or in North America, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
* We do not claim that all residents of the said nations are descended from Israel. We do however affirm that most descendants of the Lost Ten Tribes are residents of those nations. On the whole
they are unaware of their Israelite Identity. Even so in the course
of history the Israelite origins of peoples in those areas have
influenced national developments and national characteristics.
* The Tribe of Joseph was divided into two other Tribes: Ephraim and Menasseh. People from ALL of the Israelite Tribes congregated in North America but in general the U.S.A. is dominated by Menasseh. Britain has characteristics of Ephraim.
* Reuben was important in France, Issachar in Switzerland, Benjamin in Belgium, Zebulon in Holland, Dan in Denmark, Naphtali in Norway, Gad in Sweden, the country of Finland was influenced by the Tribes of Simeon, Issachar, and Gad; Simeon, Dan, and Ephraim were important in Ireland.
* There is a need for the present-day "Jews" of Judah and the Lost Ten Tribes to recognize each other, and to work towards re-unification and reconciliation.
* Proof exists confirming "Brit-Am Israel" Identity beliefs.
Some of the evidence has been presented in works by Yair Davidy such as "The Tribes" (1993), "Ephraim" (1995), and "Lost Israelite
Identity" (1996), as well as in articles in our journal "Tribesman". Much additional evidence is available and needs to be uncovered and published. Our sources include the Bible, Talmud, Midrashim, Commentators, Classical Greek and Roman historians, Chroniclers, Legends, Linguistics, Archaeology, and where pertinent racial and other scientific studies.
* Even though much of the evidence has been revealed by ourselves it
is not ours alone. Our proofs have never been properly refuted. The
basic claims we have made are irrefutable. If one cannot deny our
claims and there is nobody else who can it follows that one should
accept them. This means that the identity of the Lost Ten Tribes of
Israel with western peoples should be acknowledged. Once this
acknowledgment is forthcoming it is possible to discuss whatever
practical conclusions need to be made.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE, IN DISCUSSION, AND/OR IN JOINING "BRIT-AM ISRAEL", please make contact by Return Mail.
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NOTE FROM EDDIE:
FYI: Yair Davidy is an ORTHODOX JEW. He does NOT believe in:
#1) Replacement theology
#2) Christian British Israelism
Yair Davidy / Brit-Am / Orthodox Jews DO believe in:
#1) The Restoration of BOTH houses of Israel in the future (the
Messianic redemption or the Ingathering of the Exiles) (Ezekiel
37:15-28) when the house of Israel (The Ten Lost Tribes) join
themselves to / with the house of Judah in the end of days.
Recently, I ordered from Brit-Am and read the first three issues of
the MAGAZINE BRIT-AM. The articles and the information in the magazine
was OUTSTANDING.
It is VITAL in these days in which we live to understand that the
belief in the restoration of both houses of Israel / Messianic
Redemption / Ingathering of the Exiles and the reuniting of Ephraim
(Ten Lost Tribes) with Judah and Ephraim returning to Torah is a
fundamental and foundational belief of Orthodox Judaism. It is one of
the 13 articles of Jewish faith and a prayer for the Messianic
Redemption / Restoration of both houses of Israel is prayed THREE
times a day by Orthodox Jews.
I would HIGHLY recommend that our newsgroup members subscribe to the
Brit-Am magazine to gain a greater understanding of Orthodox Jewish
belief regarding this issue. In a recent edition of the magazine,
Brit-Am stated that they have come to the conclusion that the primary
religion of the Ten Lost Tribes today is Christianity.
Brit-Am declares that this information is VITAL to your
understanding of the Bible and Hebraic Heritage Ministries Int'l
agrees. Please consider obtaining the first 3 issues of the Brit-Am
magazine and subscribing to future editions.
Yours for the restoration of both houses of Israel,
Eddie Chumney
Hebraic Heritage Ministries Int'l
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From: yair davidi (britam@netvision.net.il)
To: heb_roots_chr@hebroots.org
Subject: Thoughts on the Ten Lost Tribes
What we believe is based on the BIBLE.
Everything else must be considered to the degree that it accords with the
Bible.
The Bible says that the Covenant is passed on through a combination of
belief and hereditary.
The Bible says that in some cases physical hereditary is sufficient and in
other cases it is not.
The Bible says that in some cases physical hereditary is not necessary.
The Bible says that in some cases intermarriage with other peoples is
permitted and the offspring still considered as Biblically hereditary just
the same as that of "unmixed" unions. In other cases it does
not accept the offspring of mixed unions.
The Bible determines what is and what is not.
There were two aspects of the Covenant: a religious and physical one.
The Lost Ten Tribes broke the spiritual covenant but the physical one
remained which to a degree was fulfilled.
The Bible says the Lost Ten Tribes will return and renew the spiritual
covenant thus reinvigorating the physical one. People of
non-Israelite descent who identify with Israel
will be accepted as Israelites (Ezekiel 47;22), (Isaiah 56;3-8).
On the other hand,
The Bible says that Israel will teach the world.
Judah is especially emphasized (Zechariah 8:23).
There will be a re-union between Judah and Ephraim:
"The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall
be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim"
(Isaiah 11;13).
[EZEKIEL 37:22] AND I WILL MAKE THEM ONE NATION IN THE LAND UPON THE
MOUNTAINS OF ISRAEL; AND ONE KING SHALL BE KING TO THEM ALL: AND THEY SHALL
BE NO MORE TWO NATIONS, NEITHER SHALL THEY BE DIVIDED INTO TWO KINGDOMS ANY
MORE AT ALL.
"Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim is the strength of my head;
Judah is my lawgiver" (Psalms 60:9).
"..I am a father to Israel and Ephraim is my firstborn" (Jeremiah 31:9).
"Is not Ephraim my dear son? Is he not 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"
(Jeremiah 31;20).
"Give ear, O shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock;
Thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength and come
and save us. Turn us again, O God and cause thy face to shine; and we
shall be saved" (Psalms 80:1-3).
"And for the precious things of the earth and the fullness thereof, and for
the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the
head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from
his brethren.
"His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are the
horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together unto the
ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are
the thousands of Manasseh" (Deuteronomy 33;:16-17).
According to Onkelos the Hebrew meaning of the expression:
"he shall push the people together unto the ends of the earth"
is that Joseph shall rule over the earth.
Joseph and Judah thus still have their own respective taks to fulfil.
Regarding "Israel" in general
The clear intention is to a physical Israel whose
members appear mostly to be somehow physically descended from ISRAELITE
ANCESTORS.
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From: yair davidi (britam@netvision.net.il)
To: heb_roots_chr@hebroots.org
Subject: Torah and the Ten Lost Tribes
s.5
[DEUT 27:11] AND MOSES CHARGED THE PEOPLE THE SAME DAY, SAYING,
[DEUT 27:12] THESE SHALL STAND UPON MOUNT GERIZIM TO BLESS THE PEOPLE,
WHEN YE ARE COME OVER JORDAN; SIMEON, AND LEVI, AND JUDAH, AND
ISSACHAR, AND JOSEPH, AND BENJAMIN:
Half the tribes stood on the side of one mountain and half of the
tribes stood on the side of another mountain facing the others. The
ark of the Covenant with the priests and some of the Levites stood in
a valley between them.
[DEUT 27:13] AND THESE SHALL STAND UPON MOUNT EBAL TO CURSE; REUBEN,
GAD, AND ASHER, AND ZEBULUN, DAN, AND NAPHTALI.
All those who stood on Mount Ebal (of the curse) were thoroughly lost
when the northern ten tribes were exiled. Of those who stood on Mount
Gerizim (of the blessing) Simeon, Levi, Judah, and Benjamin belonged
to the kingdom of Judah. In addition a not insignificant minority of
refugees from Joseph and Issachar had also been assimilated amongst
Judah:
Concerning Asa the king of Judah it says that many from the north came
to him for religious reasons: Ephram and Menasseh (i.e. Joseph), as
well as Judah, Benjamin, and Simeon are mentioned.
2CHR 15:8]
AND WHEN ASA HEARD THESE WORDS, AND THE PROPHECY OF ODED THE
PROPHET, HE TOOK COURAGE, AND PUT AWAY THE ABOMINABLE
IDOLS OUT OF ALL THE LAND OF JUDAH AND BENJAMIN, AND OUT OF THE
CITIES WHICH HE HAD TAKEN FROM MOUNT EPHRAIM, AND RENEWED THE ALTAR
OF THE LORD, THAT WAS BEFORE THE PORCH OF THE LORD.
2CHR 15:9]
AND HE GATHERED ALL JUDAH AND BENJAMIN, AND THE STRANGERS WITH
THEM OUT OF EPHRAIM AND MANASSEH, AND OUT OF SIMEON: FOR THEY FELL TO
HIM OUT OF ISRAEL IN ABUNDANCE, WHEN THEY SAW THAT THE LORD HIS GOD
WAS WITH HIM.
This brings us to the question of refugees from the northern tribes
who remained with Judah (the Jews): Later it says that in the time of
Hezekiah people from Ephraim, Menasseh, Issachar, and Zebulon came up
to Jerusalem to sacrifice.
2CHR 30:18]
FOR A MULTITUDE OF THE PEOPLE,
EVEN MANY OF EPHRAIM, AND MANASSEH, ISSACHAR, AND ZEBULUN, HAD NOT
CLEANSED THEMSELVES, YET DID THEY EAT THE PASSOVER OTHERWISE THAN IT
WAS WRITTEN. BUT HEZEKIAH PRAYED FOR THEM, SAYING, THE GOOD LORD
PARDON EVERY ONE
2CHR 30:19] THAT PREPARETH HIS
HEART TO SEEK GOD, THE LORD GOD OF HIS FATHERS, THOUGH HE BE NOT
CLEANSED ACCORDING TO THE PURIFICATION OF THE SANCTUARY.
2CHR 30:20] AND THE LORD HEARKENED TO HEZEKIAH, AND HEALED THE
PEOPLE.
Previous to this Hezekiah had sent posts throughout the land
asking remnants of the Northern Tribes to come up to Jerusalem:
2CHR 30:10] SO THE POSTS PASSED FROM CITY TO CITY THROUGH THE
COUNTRY OF EPHRAIM AND MANASSEH EVEN UNTO ZEBULUN: BUT THEY LAUGHED
THEM TO SCORN, AND MOCKED THEM.
2CHR 30:11]
NEVERTHELESS DIVERS OF ASHER AND MANASSEH AND OF ZEBULUN HUMBLED
THEMSELVES, AND CAME TO JERUSALEM.
This happened at the beginning of the reign of Hezekiah. At this point
most of the northern tribes had already been exiled by the Assyrians.
A remnant remained. Most of this remnant was also destined to soon be
taken into exile but we know from archaeology that some escaped to
Jerusalem. It may be that many out of the few that escaped belonged to
those who feared God.
[DEUT 27:26] CURSED BE HE THAT CONFIRMETH NOT ALL THE WORDS OF THIS
LAW TO DO THEM. AND ALL THE PEOPLE SHALL SAY, AMEN.
All of the Law must be kept by those who are obliged. Those who are
not so obliged should also respect the Law. The Lost Ten Tribes do not
have to keep the Law at this stage. In the past they did have to keep
the Law and in the future they will return and do so.
[DEUT 28:68] AND THE LORD SHALL BRING THEE INTO EGYPT AGAIN WITH
SHIPS, BY THE WAY WHEREOF I SPAKE UNTO THEE, THOU SHALTSEE IT NO MORE
AGAIN: AND THERE YE SHALL BE SOLD UNTO YOUR ENEMIES FOR BONDMEN AND
BONDWOMEN, AND NO MAN SHALL BUY YOU.
This happened to the Jews of Judah after the fall of Jerusalem in the
time of the Romans. Slaves were brought to Gaza, taken in ships to
Egypt and there sold at give-away prices.
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From: yair davidi (britam@netvision.net.il)
To: heb_roots_chr@hebroots.org
Subject: Isaiah-9 no.2: Cimmerians
Isaiah-9 no.2
[ISA 9:2]
THE PEOPLE WHO WALKED IN DARKNESS HAVE SEEN A GREAT LIGHT;
THOSEWHO DWELT IN A LAND OF DEEP DARKNESS, ON THEM HAS LIGHT SHINED.
"THE PEOPLE WHO WALKED IN DARKNESS":
One commentary says this refers to the Lost Ten Tribes (LTTs) {see
MeAm Loaz]. This source says that after the Assyrian King Sennacherib
besieged Jerusalem and had his army destroyed by a miracle the Lost
Ten tribes who already in exile were released from bondage. This
explanation could explain a lot of things but what it is based upon
is uncertain. At all events the LTTs being in darkness is also
reported in Isaiah 49:9 but since at the present rate it will be some
time before we get there, and it is connected to the present verse, we will consider it now:
Extracts from "Ephraim" chapter four:
"That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are
in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their
pastures shall be in all high places" (Isaiah 49:9).
The Midrash (Numbers Rabah 1:6, Eichah Rabah 2:9, Jerusalem
Sanhedrin ch.17, L.6,29) on these verses, comments:
~Rabbi Berachiah and Rabbi Chelbo in the name of Rabbi Shmuel bar
Nachman said: To three places was Israel exiled, one to beyond the
Sambation River, one to Daphneh of Antiochia, and one to where the
Clouds came down and covered them; in the same way that they [i.e.the
northern Israelites west of the Jordan River] were exiled to three
places, so too were the Tribes [east of the Jordan River] of Reuben,
Gad, and half?Menasseh, exiled to three places. When they shall return
so too will Reuben, Gad, and half?Menasseh return with them. How do we
know all this?
~` From the verse, "Say to the prisoners go forth" (Isaiah 49:9):
These are those exiled beyond the Sambation River.
"To them that are in darkness, shew yourselves" (Isaiah 49:9):
These are those whom the cloud descended upon and covered.
"They shall feed in the ways, and in all high places their pastures"
(Isaiah 49:9): These are those who were exiled to Daphne of
Antiochea.~'
Now from those places to which the Lost Ten Tribes were exiled
there emerged the Cimmerians, Scythians, and Gothic ethnic groups. There is such evidence that these peoples were either mainly Israelite or that
at least Israelites were a significant element amongst them and that
the bulk of Israelite exiles were to be found in their midst.
Like the third part of exiled Israelites in the Midrash, so
too,
were the Cimmerians in Classical Literature to be associated with Clouds,
Mountains, or simply regions, of Darkness. A word root "?comer"
(reminiscent of "Cimmerian") in both Hebrew and Latin connates
"darkness"!16 At one stage a portion of the Cimmerians were to be
found in the Crimean Peninsula. At that time the climate was much
wetter in the Crimean region than it is now and the area was
apparently always cloudy. In Latin Literature there existed a phrase
"Af tenebrae Cimmeriae" meaning "Cimmerian Darkness" and applied to
the Crimea17.
The bulk of the Cimmerians via the Balkans entered Europe and
moved westward. They are identified in general with the Celts. The name
"Celt" has been interpreted as:
meaning "hidden" the word which gives us the Irish form `ceilt',
i.e. concealment or secret, and the word which gives us the English
word "kilt"18.
The Scottii who from Scythia reached Ireland and from there went to
Scotland were counted as Celts and their name ("Scotoi") in Greek was
understandable as meaning obscure or hidden19. In Britain and Brittany
(Gaul) lived a people called Ostrynimians by the Carthaginians and
Phoenicians and this name also is said to means hidden20 from the
hebrew root "sater". The god Saturn who allegedly reigned in the
British Isles too has a name derivable in Hebrew from the same root
("sater") and connoting the "hidden god". Saturn in
Greek-Phoenician
Mythology was taken to represent the god ["god" in their eyes, "God"
in ours] of Israel or to personify the exiled of Israel, thus "Saturn"
(i.e. the exiled of Israel) ruled in the British Isles.
Amongst the Celts, the Cimmerians are specially linked with the
Galatians and with the Cimbri of Scandinavia and too the Cymry
(Welsh) of Britain.
The Orphic Argonautica (supposed ca.500 b.c.e.) placed the
Cimmerians far away in the north somewhere in the British Isles:
"Cimmerii who were hidden from the sun rising by the mountains of
Ripaeus in Britain near the vicinity of Hades21..."
"....far away in the north on the way to the Iernian [Ireland?]
islands22.. ".
Homer (in the "Odyssey" 11;19) mentioned,
"The deep sea of Oceanos [i.e.The Atlantic Ocean] which is the
World's boundary. There is the city of the Cimmerian people. Night is forever
spread over these unhappy mortals".
It is generally agreed that both these above passages are placing
Cimmerians in Britain and it was be noticed that both use expressions
implying darkness or hiddenness.
Plutarch seems to have identified the Cimmerians with the Cimbri
of Scandinavia and the North sea coast ?as did other Roman writers.
Plutarch says of these Cimmerian descendants:
"Part of them still inhabit the remotest regions upon the outer
Ocean. These... live in a dark and woody region hardly penetrable by the
sunbeams...their days and nights being equally continuous, they divide
their year into one of each..(Plutarch: "Caius Marius").
A.W. Whatmore also noted the link in Classical works
of the
Cimmerians with the Dark in the Caucasus, in Crimea, in Britain, and
in Scandinavia23.
Denmark was settled at one stage by the Cimbri
descendants of
the Cimmerians and then later by the Danes from the Israelite Tribe of
Dan.
This overlapping of Cimbri with the Danes of Dan is interesting. A
Midrash commented on the Tribal Order of Marching forward in the
Wilderness when the ancient Israelites had escaped from Egypt yet
still had not been allowed to enter the Promised Land. The Midrash
infers that this positioning indicated future developments. The
position of Dan, says the Midrash (Numbers Rabah 2), "was in the
north, whence darkness comes".
The Cimmerians also gave rise to the Cimbri. The Cimbri,
claimed
Plutarch, in their migrations carried a metal bull with them25. The
Cimbri in Scandinavia are known to have had a bull cult of
Mediterranean origin26. The Israelites in the Wilderness were punished
for making a golden bull-calf (Hebrew: "aegel") which they intended to
go before them in their wanderings (Exodus 32;1?4). Excavations in the
area of northern Israel have unearthed metallic statuettes of bulls
which are dated to the period of Israelite occupation prior to their
exile27. King Jeroboam-1 from the Tribe of Ephraim was the first
king of northern Israel after it broke away from the south. He set up
a bull-calf cult with golden statues and cultic centres at Dan and in
Beth-el (2-Kings 12;28-29). These golden statues, according to one
source, were later smashed. They may have been exchanged for metallic
ones. Sargon, the Assyrian king after defeating northern Israel said,
"I counted the gods on whom they trusted as spoil"28. The statue at
Beth-el (Beth-aven) was captured by the Assyrians and "carried unto
Assyria" (Hosea 10;6). The Cimbri practice of carrying a metallic bull
with them may have been a carryover from their north Israelite
paganism.
The Cimbri were later to be found throughout
Scandinavia29
especially in Denmark-Jutland which Procopius ("Gothic Wars 2.1.7)
referred to as "Brittania" whereas the isle of Britain (home of the
British Cymry) he called "Brittia". Part of the Cimbri reached Holland
in their wanderings and there too the presence of a tribe of
"Bretons" was reported (Pliny N.H.4;17)30. Isaiah (ch.49) placed the
Lost Israelites in "Isles of the Sea" and said they would establish a
"Brit-Am" i.e. A People's Covenant or Commonwealth.
Whatmore ("Insulae Britannicae", 1913) showed that in
Classical
Literature the Islands of Britain were considered the edge of the
world, the last section of Scythia, and associated with Cimmerian
darkness. The same characteristics were ascribed to Scandinavia and
then later Scandinavian writers said the same things about North
America wherein Viking Scandinavians attempted to settle!
The Viking leader, Leif Ericson, in the 1100s c.e. visited the
coasts of North America and an effort at colonisation was made. A
Chronicle of the event gave the names Helluland, Markland, and Vinland
to the countries visited. Whatmore equated "Markland" with North
America31. After drawing parallels between the Danish-Norwegian word
"merke" and the Russian "mrak", he said that the name
"Markland"
(given to North America) signified DARKNESS.
The Scandinavian Chronicler was continuing the Classical tradition
and Whatmore concludes that "Markland" (i.e. the name given to North
America),
"is quite as likely an echo of the dark Kimmerian world"32.
It follows that in Biblical and Rabbinical tradition the Lost Ten
Tribes or at least a portion of them were associated with Darkness, Clouds,
and Concealment in general. Both linguistically and conceptually these
same attributes were attached to the Cimmerians and to those who
emerged from them. Proofs from other fields confirm that these same
entities were descended largely from Israel.
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From: yair davidi (britam@netvision.net.il)
To: heb_roots_chr@hebroots.org
Subject: BRIT-AM RESEARCHES
THE ISRAELITE ORIGINS OF WESTERN PEOPLES
SOME RESULTS OF BRIT-AM RESEARCHES
The ancient Israelites consisted of twelve tribes. Ten of these tribes
were exiled and lost their identity. They were taken away by the
Assyrians and with the downfall of the Assyrian Empire they became
nations in their own right. They are identifiable as the Cimmerian,
Scythian, and Gothic groups of nations.
The Cimmerians in an Assyrian inscription were referred to as
"Amurru" meaning in effect at that time as ISRAELITES!
The Scythians were originally part of the Cimmerians. They rebelled
against Assyria, then became allies of the Assyrians, and in the end
they first took over the Assyrian Empire and then destroyed it. They
were allied with the Medes and Babylonians who betrayed them,
massacred their leaders, and drove them northward into what was once
known as Scythia and later as the USSR. The Bible and Talmud discuss
these events and attribute the deeds of the Scythians to the Lost
Tribes of Israel thus identifying the two. This is conformed by a
similarity of tribal names, local Jewish legends, and archaeological
findings. Monarchs from the line of David were recorded in Scythian
Sakastan whence came part of the Anglo-Saxon monarchs and aristocracy
as well as those of the later Dutch and Scandinavians (including the
Normans) of western Europe. From the Middle East and Scythia these
peoples migrated en masse westward.
The Assyrians not only exiled most of the Israelites to the north
where they became identifiable with the Cimmerians and company. They
also took control of the Phoenician sea-faring set-up and through its
agency transported Israelites directly to the west and re-settled them
in Spain and elsewhere. In the course of time the exiles in Spain
linked up with their Hebrew brethren in the Cimmerian-Celtic forces
that advanced overland from the Middle East. From Spain they moved out
into Gaul and the British Isles. Evidence for most of the above is
mainly derived from Biblical, archaeological, and written sources, all
of which are adequately referenced. Celtic legends confirm all of the
account given above sometimes going into precise detail. Often
information is given in these legends that has only recently confirmed
by archaeology etc. This proves the truth of their tradition. Consequently, amongst the Celts, Anglo-Saxons, and other West
Europeans were Israelite Tribes who had been exiled, and in the course of time
had migrated westward. They had changed much of their religion and
culture. Nevertheless they still often retained traditions of their
Israelite Identity as well as Israelite Tribal and Clan names and some
linguistic features. It is possible to trace the paths of their
migration from the Middle East westward and their subsequent
development.
In northern languages (such as Old English) there are many Hebrew
elements. Similarly in the Celtic languages of the British Isles there
is an underlying Semitic grammatical structure. Part of the vocabulary
of Welsh is Hebrew.
Ancient Arab sources of Jewish inspiration said in effect that the
Lost Ten Tribes were in France and Britain. Joseph son of Israel and
inheritor of the Birthright had two sons, Ephraim and Menasseh. The
name Menasseh in Hebrew linguistically connotes delegated responsible
American-type democracy; The very name America is a Latinised version
of the Hebrew name Machir who was the firstborn of Menasseh. On the
other hand, the term Ephraim has a meaning implying the aristocratic
principle such as that still found in Britain and nowhere else. The
Tudor Rose (an official symbol of Britain) was described in the
"Zohar" (an ancient work of traditional Jewish spiritual contemplation
based on the Bible) as representative of Israel.
The Prophet Jeremiah (in chapter 31) exhorted Israel to establish
stone monuments to indicate their path of movement away from the Holy
Land and the way they are destined to return. [This interpretation is
in accordance with traditional Rabbinical Commentary]. The necessary
trails of stone-monuments do exist demonstrating the movement of
peoples between Israel and Northwest Europe and helping to identify
the said peoples with Israel. Jeremiah and other prophets predicted
the future re-unification of the Jews (Judah) with the Lost Ten Tribes
of Israel (Britain, America and related European nations) and a king
from the House of David ruling over them.
Other findings of Brit-Am include: Pertinent discoveries in the
field of Genetics and DNA that substantiate our findings; Biblical Codes that
reveal the Hebrew identity of western nations; Inherited Israelite
patterns of behavior amongst these nations; The influence of Ancient
Israelite ancestry on modern power politics and so on.
Scriptural passages confirm the identifications concerning all of the
Lost Tribes as a whole, as well as those especially of Joseph in
America, Britain, and amongst descendants of the British overseas. It
was prophesied that the Lost Ten Tribes would be in the Isles of the
Sea, at the extremities of Continents, in the north, seafaring and
powerful, possessors of strategic international thoroughfares,
wealthy, and blessed. They would be military formidable and all
nations of the earth would defer to them. They were to become
extremely numerous and to be a civilizing element amongst the peoples.
The Prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah describe the Lost Ten Tribes in the
Latter Days as apparently practicing a form of Christianity: They
must, therefore, be sought for amongst those Christian nations who
most fully meet other given signs of identification.
Yair Davidy
Brit-Am Israel
POB 595
Jerusalem 91004
Israel
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