To:                britam@netvision.net.il
From:          yair davidy <britam@mail.netvision.net.il>
Subject:      The HebrewLanguage and Prophets allusion to Christianity


     BRIT-AM DISCUSSES  THE HEBREW LANGUAGE
AND HEBREW PROPHETS ALLUSION TO CHRISTIANITY


   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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       BRIT-AM DISCUSSES  THE HEBREW LANGUAGE
AND HEBREW PROPHETS ALLUSION TO CHRISTIANITY

           by Yair Davidy (an ORTHODOX JEW)

 
   The followers of Jesus were first called Christians in Antioch  (Acts
11:26) in ca.50 c.e. Before that time they had been known as Nazarenes which
in the Middle East is pronounced the same as, or at least very similarly to,
"Nosairi". In local Arabic the very name "Nosairi" is a diminutive for
Christian!
    
Verses in Isaiah indicate that the exiled Israelites will be
adherents of a form of worship whose ideas parallelled those later adopted
by mainstream Christianity:

    Isaiah 49:6 " ..Raise up the Tribes of Jacob and the preserved [Hebrew:
"Notseri"] of Israel to return for I have given you as a light unto the
Gentiles  for my salvation  to reach unto the ends of the earth.

  The word "NOTSERI" (translated in the KJ above as "Preserved") also
connotes "enclosed"  or "locked away", sometimes it is translated as
"watchman"..In the verse above "notseri of Israel" refers to the   Ten
Tribes. As indicated  the name "Notseri" hints at a form of Hebraised
semi-pagan religion which may then have been extant and from which one form
of Christianity may have developed. In Hebrew "Notsri" was the name given to
a Christian and is derived from the appellation they called themselves in
the beginning. Whatever one thinks of Christianity, this interpretation and
related expressions indicate that the Lost Ten Tribes at the time of their
return  (or just before it) will be practising a form of Christianity.

 HEBREW VERBAL ROOTS: In Hebrew every single word may be considered as
derived from a verbal root of three letters. All words  based on the same
three letters in the same order are assumed to have a similar internal
meaning. The root "n-ts-r" is that from which the word "notsri" meaning
Christian is derived allegedly in honour of Natsareth (Nazareth) which was
considered the home-town of Jesus. It was suggested above that "notsri" had
previously been the name for a type of religious practice ultimately perhaps
derivable from the Lost Ten Tribes.

The above mentioned words "Nosairi", "Nasaraioi", "Nazareth", "Nazerini",
"Nazarine", and so on (though transliterated differently) all are based on
the same Semitic "n-ts-r" word root.


      THE MEANING OF THE HEBREW ROOT "N-ts-r".

"N-ts-r"  and its derivatives  generally connotes preservation or guarding.
The sprig (shoot) of a young tree is called a "n-ts-r" since it preserves
and continues qualities of the parent. "N-ts-r" may therefore be applied to
an heir or descendant.
 
  A rod will come forth from Jesse and a "NeTSeR" (English: "branch") shall
grow out of his roots (Isaiah 11:1); meaning the future Messiah who will be
a descendant of David son of Jesse.
 
    Isaiah (ch.19) speaks of Hillel Ben Shacher whose name is translated as
"Lucifer, son of the morning". Whoever this person was, or will be, his
image seems to be based upon that either of the King of Tyre or of the King
of Babylon. This man (i.e. "Lucifer") claimed to be like God (Isaiah
19:13-14) yet he will be thrown out of his grave like an abominable "NeTSeR"
(English: "branch" , Isaiah 14;19)*k.

     The Children of Israel in the future will be the "NeTSeR" (English:
"branch") of God's planting (Isaiah 60;21).

    God promises that the Tribes of Jacob (according to the context, meaning
the Lost Ten Tribes in their places of exile) will be raised up, and
the "NaTSuRi" (English: "preserved") of Israel restored; they shall
be a light to the gentiles and salvation  unto the end
of the earth (Isaiah 49:6).
 
 Isaiah, chapter 65, speaks mainly concerning the Ten Lost Tribes.
                          
    "I was  sought of them that  asked not for me; I made myself found to those
who did not request me; I said, I am here, I am here, to a people who did
not call my name (Isaiah 65:1).

     "I spread my hand out all day long to a deviating people (65;2)

     "...a people who were angering me...sacrificing in the gardens and offering
incense...(65:3).

         "Which remain among the graves and lodge in NoTSRim [English (KJ):
"Monuments(*l)] who eat the flesh of swine and dishes made of improperly
slaughtered [i.e. non kosher] meat..(Isaiah 65:4).
                                      
           Isaiah continues his description and depicts the northern Ten Tibes as
eating bread and wine ([Catholic] Holy Communion???) in a religious ceremony:

          " ...for the sake of my servant I will not destroy all of them (Isaiah 65;8).

         "I will bring seed out of Jacob   and an inheritor of my mountains  from
Judah and he who is my chosen will inherit them and my servant shall inhabit
there....(Isaiah 65:9).      

          " And you who abandoned The LORD, who forget my holy mountain, who lay out
a table for God (*) and for Mani(*m) fill the glass with consecrated wine
(Isaiah 65:11).
  
       Isaiah, Chapter 66,  is addressed to, and speaks of the Lost Ten Tribes of
Israel, the Jews of Judah, individual Jews and Israelites whose ancestors
were assimilated amongst the Gentiles, and the Gentiles themselves.  

     The root "n-ts-r" as mentioned connotes preservation and lends itself to
the formation of words that are somehow connected with each other. Amongst
these words is the Hebrew "notser" applied in the sense of "guard" or
"watchman" since both are occupied with preservation:

  Jeremiah (31:6) later again talks of "Notsrim" and in this case both the
simple sense of the passage as well as the opinion of most major
commentators (e.g. Yehonathan, Rashi, Radak, etc.) says that those spoken of
are the exiled of Israel. Jeremiah predicts that these Lost Israelite
"NoTSRim" (English: "watchmen") upon the mount of Ephraim,
 
       "Shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God"
(Jeremiah 31:6).       

The only Commentator who does not think that this verse refers to the
returnees of Israel is Don Isaac Abarbanel (1437-1508) who interprets it
differently. Even so, the opinion of Don Abarbanel is interesting since he
also suggests that the word "Notsrim" used here refers to members of the
Christian faith as it was received by the Romans of old:

          "The Prophet foresaw through Divine Inspiration that the Roman descendants
of Edom would believe [in that faith]  and therefore they would be called
by name Notsrim"30.

Don Abarbanel therefore at least supports our opinion that the appellation
"Notsrim" was used by the prophets as referring to Christians.

      The name "Notsrim" and its derivatives was later applied to the
Christians who at least superficially held parallel notions.
References in Isaiah (and Jeremiah?) to "Notsrim" in
connection with the Lost Israelites together with other passages also in
Isaiah (such as described religious practices, etc.) leave room to suppose
that the Lost Ten Tribes right up unto the End Times will be of a Christian
persuasion and therefore must be searched for amongst the "Christian"
nations. The fact is that the Lost Ten Tribes are amongst these peoples so
why should the prophets have not mentioned it?  
 
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