Tacitus, Ethiopians and Black St. PaulÂ
Roman historian Tacitus wrote that many of his time believed that the Jews “were a race of Ethiopian origin.”
The Bible classifies the Ethiopians & Jews together, “Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the Lord.” (Amos 9:7)
Black Paul is mistaken for an “Egyptian” and declares himself to be a “Jew.” (Acts 21:37-39, 22: 2,3)Â
Persia and Ashanti
It has also been speculated that the Jewish presence and influence was greatly helped by the ancient gold trade between Persia and Africa.
Jews were the main intermediaries of this trade in the medieval ages since most Muslims (due to Islamic laws prohibition on usury) were wary of its usurious dimensions.
These Jewish itinerant traders came to rely on contacts with the various Jewish communities of West African who proved no mean help in sourcing the scarce commodity. Thus, for instance, the silk of the Royal Kente cloths of the Ashanti reputedly came from China.Â
Various historical accounts claim that Jewish travelers from Persia had organized exchanges of Chinese silk for gold in the Kingdom of Ghana; the Ashanti needed the silk for weaving Kente cloth and the Jews need gold for their intrinsic and fiscal value. It is said that the Ashanti words for numbers relate to those in Parsi, the language of Persia. See Lichtblau.
Genetics
Haplogroup E3B
The E3b haplogroup has been observed in all Jewish groups world wide. It is considered to be the 2nd most prevelent haplogroup amoung the Jewish population.
All the major studies agree that E-M35 is the second highest in prevalence next to J, for “Founding Jewish Lineages.” http://www.familytreedna.com/pdf/Behar_contrasting.pdf.
It is found in moderate amounts in all Jewish populations, from Ashkenazi, Sephardic, Kurdish, Yemen, Samaritan and even among Djerba Jewish groups.
The scientific consensus is that Haplogroup E3b (M35) appears to have originated in East Africa, but has been carried from there to the Near East and then on to North Africa and Europe. Today it is most common in East Africa, North Africa, the Near East and around the Mediterranean.
Haplogroup J
Haplogroup J (previously known as HG9 or Eu9/Eu10) is a Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup. t is subdivided into two subclades: haplogroup J2, defined by the M172 marker, and haplogroup J1, defined by the M267 marker.
Of special interest are maps that show the geographical spread of the J haplogroup. J1 and J2 are both common in southern Europe, central Europe, the Mediterranean region, and Africa. The J haplogroup is considered to be a signature gene of Jewish ancestry and the cohen modal gene happens to be a subgroup of J.
In fact, the highest frequencies of J1 (M267) are seen in the Middle East, north Africa, and Ethiopia. See (Thomas et al. 1999). J2 (M172) also exists in significant proportions across Africa especially among the semitic speaking peoples of Tigriniya, Amhara, and Oromiya.
The J1’s from the Middle East and North Africa seem to be distinguishable from the rest of J’s by having YCAII=22,22. Behar et al found that a significant proportion of the Jewish population of Europe (more than 20%) carry the J1 haplogroup. The other 20% carry the J2 haplogroup. See Behar et al Hum Genet (2004) 114 : 354–365
Cohen Modal Haplotype
The presence among the Lemba of a disproportionate number of men carrying a particular polymorphism on the Y chromosome known as the Cohen modal haplotype suggests an ancestral link to the Jewish population. One sub-clan within the Lemba, the Buba clan, is considered by the Lemba to be their priestly clan. Among a small sample of the Buba, fifty-two percent of males were found to carry the Cohen modal haplotype CMH, which is generally suggestive of Y-DNA haplogroup J, but notably prevalent among Jewish Kohanim, or priests.
Decline of the Black Jews of Africa
Many reasons have been sought for the decline and virtual disappearance of Africa’s once thriviing Jewish communities of black Jews. Many see the beginning of this decline as contemporaneous with the advent of the Islamic religion in Africa.
Some historical accounts highlight the fact that black Jews were die-hard nationalistic traditionalists and had led the black African resistance against the influx of the black muslim jihadists and their new interpretation of morality. The most notableof these black Jewish nationalists was Queen Kahina Dahiya Bint Thabitah ibn Tifan otherwise known as El-Kahina. A descendant of one of the priestly Black Jewish families of North Africa, Kahina led the nationalist resistance against the muslim invasion until her defeat at the hands of Hassan Ibn Numan. See Margolis, “History of Jewish people”, 1927 pages 278-279. See also Remy Ilona, “The Igbos : Jews in Africa?” volume 1, Research Findings Historical Links, Commentaries, Narratives,” 2004, Mega Press Limited, Abuja, Nigeria.
Amidst this tumult, the Jews of Northern and West Africa were given a choice of conversion or emigration. Many left for the deeper forest recesses of West Africa seeking the peace and tranquility that appeared to elude them in each generation. The late incursions by the colonialist christian elements of Europe did not make matters any better. There seems to have been a direct link between the incursion of relatively modern religions in Africa and the decline of the ancient practise of the Hebrews which had a pride of place in Africa, its mother land.
For instance the Jewish enclaves of Qamnurya or Naghira in the area of modern Senegal was destroyed completely in the wake of sectarian unrest. Similarly, Al-Maghili a prominent black Muslim noble not only destroyed the Jewish enclaves of Tuat in the old Mali empire, he convinced other potentates throughout the Western Sudan to banish Jews from the empire’s cities. See Remy Ilona, supra.
Lichtblau speculates that: although “…Jewish presence is also confirmed by numerous surviving accounts of Portuguese and other European visitors in the 14th and 15th centuries, as well as North African and Arab historical records… gradually most of these communities disappeared. Since they existed largely in isolation, there was a good deal of intermarriage which for a while reinforced their influence and expansion. As a result they were increasingly viewed as a threat by Muslim rulers, and most of the Jewish communities and nomad groups south of the Atlas mountains were either forced to convert to Islam or massacred; the remainder fled to North Africa, Egypt or the Sudan, and a few also to Cameroon and Southern Africa.”
Jide Uwechia
August 19, 2007
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Why don’t American schools want to teach students and black people in the U.S.A. of black jews existence in Africa now and today?
What is a definition of a Jew, is it blood tie or religion?
The guilty are always afraid but the wise ones confront the truth with humility.
The truth hurts so much to find that black Africans are closed linked to the royal priesthood of God. What is easy for everyone to do is downgrade black Africans as evidenced in non apologestic stance of many European and American leaders for the slavery and killings of millions of black people over many many years only to discover later that they were slaughtering part of God’s chosen ones, the tribe of Judah.
My subjective opinion about Moses and Paul is this:
Black Paul mighty not have been distictively black and so resembled the much light skinned Egyptians and hence the confusion about his identity. Egypt carries no trace of black Africans todate except for the slaves and settlers in Egypt.
Today we still see very, very light skinned Africans and that includes my own grandmohter who is still alive.
Negroes or black Africans are very distinctive. Slavery is not among black people but was just introduced in Africa by imperialists. Black person wouldnt enslave fellow black for 400yrs with hard labour even in past days. It must have been people of different race to blacks who enslaved Israelites. Its like some people chose to heap or share blame with black Africans because everything black is easly connected to evil up to date..Never associated with white. Who doesnt know about ‘white lie’ nowadays?
wrong Egyptians still today carry genetic markers linking with black Africans, 2 there are black Egyptians . 3 Nubia lo Egypt sister and at times rival kingdom conquered all of egypt . 4 genetic testing of the two populations, both ancient and modern confirms that these people are and were not only ethnically similar, but genetically speaking as well.
where can I learn about black israel. Do you know of any good sites?
Are you looking for the geographical location of Black Israel in ancient times, or are you specifically speaking of the people who are the original organism of Jacob?
In your article you said that Al Kahina was black jewish whereas
she is from north africa, close to actual tebessa in algeria and kasserine in tunisia
And I have never heard that she was black
but she is Imazighen (berber)
and as you know north african berber has a white skin not a black one
with regards.
Tacitus stated that the largest
group of Jews were those Ethiopians who changed their habitation during the reign of
Ceiphus.They did not just look like Ethiopians but were Ethiopians.These Ethiopians were
not true Israelites but Falashas.
The Israelites of Ethiopia are the
Amharas such as Haile Selaisse.
This has been proven through DNA
testing. The Amharas have the highest percentage of J haplogroup
amongst Ethiopians.Haplogroup J is
much less common amongst the Falashas and the Kohenim gene is non-existent amongst them as well.
Jewish is a religion not a race or ethnicity. DNA Testing has
confirmed this. The Ashkenazi Jews
have tested positive for 7 different lineages. Every Haplogroup which exists amongst the various Jewish populations can also be found in a variety of
non-Jewish communities as well.
Amongst Jews worldwide only about 4% of the various communities even claimed to be of the Kohen lineage. DNA Testing then eliminated more than half of those who were thought to have been of Kohen descent. This means that only 2% of the world Jewish
population actually possesses the Kohen markers and of course ancestry.
Out of the 12 Lemba clans only the priestly Buba carried the Kohen markers. Almost half of the Buba were found to be of non-
Kohen descent. However the Lemba
had the highest percentage of Kohenim at 9% of their overall
population. The Kohen markers(CMH)also appear in non-Jewish populations such as Sicilians and Kurds. This indicates that the
Israelite & Kohenim dispersal is independent of Judaism.
DNA Testing has only proven that amongst the various Jewish
communities a very small percentage of authentic Kohenim
can be found. However it further
proved that the majority of Kohenim were not authentic or even
Israelite for that matter. The rest of the Jewish populations can find their origins in various parts of the world according to their varying DNA results.
Amongst non-Jews all of the
haplogroups that are found within the Jewish communities are also
present. The Kohen markers are also found in non-Jewish communities as well. In summary
Judaism is a religion whose members are of Israelite and gentile ancestry.The same can be
said for the Muslim and Christian religions.
this rasta livewire its very interesting, need to learn more, thank the I,S
Reading some of the comments by some readers is very interesting. yet it must be said that the light skin population of north and northeast Africa which includes Egypt started way back in the time of the greeks and romans, it was also reinforced later after the time of the prophet mohomet when light skin arabic speakers began settling in area. In the 19th and 20th century there have been a systematic psychological removal of blacks from the world news in relation to their (blacks) development of north to east cultures, the world now calls Egypt and surrounding nations ” the middle east” especially after the suez canal was created to help the ” mind set” and mindlessness.
ok this is ill researched!
http://www.khazaria.com/genetics/abstracts-jews.html
http://jewsandjoes.com/genetics-and-israel.html
where are the historical facts that blacks are israelites in africa and america. I am doing research and want to prove this to the world. are there any african websites ect?
Ken Israel,
There are millions of people
around the world from every race,nation
and ethnicity claiming Israelite ancestry.
Most of these claims can be divided into
one of the following four categories.
1. historical claims
2. cultural claims
3. spiritual claims
4. genetic claims
The historical claims are usually based
on documentation of early Israelite migrations.
In regards to Africa this usually begins with
historical records of Israelites in Nubia(Asawan).
From this point many theories are developed
to support Israelite claims for numerous tribes
spreading out across the African continent.
These theories are very controversial and find
supporters and opponents from within the tribes
themselves. If you want to prove this to the world
as you stated you will have to first convince the
people themselves. For example there are some
members of the Igbo tribe in Nigeria who claim
to be descendants of the ancient Israelites.
However there are many others who firmly believe
that they are indigenous to West Africa and refute
the Israelite claims as an undermining of their
African origins and heritage. There are also African-
Americans who claim to be of Israelite descent
and yet there are many others who claim to be
Egyptian,Moorish,Ishmaelite amongst many other
claims.
The cultural claims are based on the observances
of tribal practices and rituals that seem to parallel
with that which has been believed to have been
practiced by the ancient Israelites. An example being
circumcision. However these traditions are not necessarily
proof of Israelite descent as tribal rituals have been adopted
and exchanged for thousands of years and are not necessarily
unique to any specific tribe. Circumcision is believed to
have originated with the Egyptians.
Spiritual claims are mostly based on the Bible and
are grossly subject to interpretation. These claims no
matter how accurately applied have to be considered
religious in nature for without the Bible and or a belief
in prophecy they are non-existent. Religious beliefs are
never accepted as factual.
Genetic claims are supported through DNA evidence.
The only proven Israelite DNA confirmed as authentic is
that of the Kohen model (Descendants of Aaron / Moses).
In Africa it is found amongst the Buba,a priestly clan of
the Lemba tribe of South Africa. It has also been found in
Yemen as well. The Kohen markers are found within the
general Semitic Haplogroup of J1. J1 has been confirmed
amongst the Solomonic Amhara of Ethiopia,the descendants
of Muhammad through Ali and appears in high percentages
amongst the Negev Bedouin and Palestinian populations.
As a nation the ancient Israelites no longer exist and
therefore most claims are subject to error or at least debate.
(Amir) Ishaq D. Al-Sulaimani
HaKhan Ibn Musa;SNP(M267),J1,CMH
The E3b haplogroup has been observed in all Jewish groups world wide
Is incorrect, It is not e3b but E3b1 (m78).
The e3b1 Y chromsome found in Jews is Egyptian in origin, not East African and about 20k old, with many clades specific to Europe and the near East. It is not a proof of the African origin of the Jews.
Haplogroup J in Africa is of Arab origin, and is used to calculate the amount of Arab ancestry in Ethiopians.
Sasha,
E3b(1) etc is proof of African origin.
Egyptian is East African(Northeast). The fact
that specific variants can be found in a variety
of locations doesn’t make them any less African
in origin. Haplogroup J1 is not defined as Arab
but rather Semitic. The fact that Arabs and the
Arabic language are more commonly understood
as being Semitic as opposed to the Amhara and
the Amharic language doesn’t justify identifying J1
amongst the Amhara as Arabic. The Israelite and
Sabean(Sheba) Semitic origins of the Amhara is
undeniable and accounts for the vast majority of
J1 found within the true Solomonic Ethiopians
(Amhara).
(Amir) Ishaq D. Al-Sulaimani
HaKhan Ibn Musa,SNP(M267),J1,CMH
Ishaq D. Al-Sulaimani Thank You over and again for such a clear, factual delivery of Biblical and scientific truth about my people (Amhara). The statements you make, again, lend to Biblical and scientific accounts of “GOD’S chosen people” having a undeniable African origin which confirms to all the world the Africanist presence in the recorded word of GOD. This is absolute and cannot be contested!
The Igbo, Edo, and Yoruba of today are cultural groups than one people. However, southern Nigeria has the highest population of Israelites anywhere on earth. The bene-Israel among the Igbo also have more evidence of who they are than any other group on earth, including the proselyte-dominated group in Israel today. But keep in mind that Israel, Iduu-Ime (Edom) and other groups are Igbo (Hebrew). I write, not as a wannabe Jew, but as an indisputable descendant of Israel (Isorelu) through his son Aharonu (Aaron). I am a Kohen Gadol by birth and have the genetic proof of who I am, and I can also provide the evidence of my sons if needed. I have contacted all the top universities in the United States along with Cambridge and Oxford Universities in England but they all decline for the fear that the content of the manuscript will reduce the Jews of today, the Christian Church, and the British government to perpetual shame. In fact, Cambridge University rejection letter started this way: We must stand aside, for what you purpose to do… My only sadness is that the Children of Israel, the Greater Hebrew people of Nigeria, and other Ancient peoples who migrated from Asia Minor are lost people who has no clue whatsoever as to who they truly are. How many people know sthat southern Nigeria is the Original Home of the Hebrews and that the lineage from which Abraham descended still exists in Anambra State to this day. Not to worry, I have two manuscripts, that will leave no doubt whatsoever as to who is who in Southern, Nigeria. Thank you.
Genesis, goes back to 4000 bce if im correct, and the hebrews from that time were dark skinned people, abraham, moses, jesus were all people of color.
Ishaq Al-Sulaimani’s research is more valuable to all the Hebrews around the world than they realize. He proves once again the priceless contributions that have been made by African descendants in America. His research helped me to confirm that Southern Nigeria was the home of the Hebrews (Ndi-Gboo) from the beginning of time. It was from this Igboland that the earlier Igbo, among whom are ancestors of Abia-Amar (Abraham) traveled as far as India, Sumer, Ur of the Chaldea, and other places in the Asia Minor. Isn’t it surprising to know that most of the inhabitants of Southern Nigeria and other West African nations today migrated from Asia Minor running from both Aryan invasions and Arab marauders. All of these people are fairly identifiable in the Bible. Before I stop, I want to give the readers a food for thought. That is the fact that this world have been deceived to the point that everyone believe that the Jews of today speak Hebrew. Whatever language that people go to universities and colleges around the world to learn as Hebrew is not Hebrew. In fact, the language is a mixture of Aramaic and Aryan language infusions very different from what the Jews of Yehoshua’s time spoke. Now, if the Jews of Yehoshua’s time did not speak Hebrew, where then did the Jews of today learn Hebrew? In Europe? I don’t think so! Hence the people the world know as Jews today do not know, understand, or speak the true Hebrew. I challenge even the most knowledgeable among Jewish scholars and Rabbis to refute what I have just said. I am a Hebrew of the Hebrew and I speak the original Hebrew - the language of God Himself. I can’t wait to publish my manuscripts.
Ethiopia is the house of ZION. Ah, land of whirring wings which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia; 2 which sends ambassadors by the Nile, …….”I will quietly look from my dwelling like clear heat in sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.” 5 …… At that time gifts will be brought to the LORD of hosts from a people tall and smooth, from a people feared near and far, a nation mighty and conquering, whose land the rivers divide, to Mount Zion, the place of the name of the LORD of hosts (Issiah 18)
In addition ,
10 From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, the daughter of my dispersed ones, shall bring my offering. 11 “On that day you shall not be put to shame because of the deeds by which you have rebelled against me; for then I will remove from your midst your proudly exultant ones, and you shall no longer be haughty in my holy mountain. 12
From these scripture we can understand the people of GOD from the rivers of Ethiopia, where he quietly sit on Zion look all the world and when the time coming Zion going back to Jerusalem with Ethiopians and joy will be maintain the whole Israel
In dealing with the word, “Ethiopia”, we must take into account of the fact that all darkskinned people of Africa were known as Ethiopians during the earlier period in history. Ethiopia proper or Cush are neither Hebrews nor Israelities although Hebrews like King Ezeana of Akusuom (Aksum) and his people lived among them and some Diaspora Israelites also lived among them. That being said, true history also trace Ethiopians to West Africa down the coast as one of the survivors of the lost Atlantis. The entire human beings on earth were dark skin people from the beginning of time until our common father, Noah (Nochie) an African albino was born. In fact, his father Lamech (Lemechi) ran from the scene when Nochie was born because of his white skin and physical outlook. He was Afraid of him and had to send his father Methuselah (Emetoziala) to inquire from his grand father Enoch (Enuka) to find out if the strange looking child was his flesh and blood. Lemechi would not have been scared by the looks of his newly born son to run away from him had there been people with white skin on earth before the birth of Nochie. This is just to get people to see that the world has been had by European Church and their intellectually perverted scholars
Iam hausa tribe also ,those jews who came last one thounsad and several year ,came to the hausa tribe the came to teach islamic but is not like that to destroy islamic .they married four women sevaral women slave ,they got more children .Now we are pricting islamic we not jews.
Yes, my brother Alhassan Yahaya, there are Children Israel in some states in Northern Nigeria. I am from Anambra State but my ancestors came from Idah (Judah) in Igala (Igal). Besides Kogi State, there are also Igala (Israelites peoples) in Northern States like Plateau, Benue, Nasarawa, Gongola and well into Northern Cameron. Mty father did tell me that the Israelites left people in many places along their way to the south where they were able to defeat the Arabs many times until they left the Igbo people as “the Unconqered People”.
Now, people who say that Igbo are Jews have no knowledge of true history. The Igbo or correctly put, “Ndi-Gboo” is a race of which include Israelites, Other Hebrews, Iduu (Edom group like Idoma, Esian, Edom -Ana in Anambra State), Anam (Aramaeans), and various Igbo groups found all over west Africa, Angola, Kenya, Mozambique, Congo, Gabon, and others. Like I said earlier, very few people among the people we know as Jews today are Israelites (Children of Israel by blood). The majority, close to 90% of them, are religious converts and from a different race (Caucasian) for that Matter. The Bible gives us the evidence of who these peoples are. Aside from the replacement settlers from Assyrian captivity called Sepharvaim (Sephardim) in the Bible, the Ashkenazi are overwhelmingly Europeans by race. Abraham (Abia-Amar, Isaac (Ishiaku), and Jacob (Jiko-Obu) are indisputable Africans and Igbo to be specific just like Yehoshua (Jesus), Sampson and Prophet Samuel (Osamaelu) with dreadlocks (dada) just to mention a few. As an example, the name of Abraham’s mother is Emetelayi and his father’s name is “Kanu Ebo”. These names are not my own making but from Jewish sources.
Like I said, the Jews today don’t know or speak Hebrew, the Igbo of eastern Nigeria speak Hebrew. I am able to speak Hebrew today only because my ancestors were able to find refuge among the Aborigianal Igbos, whose ancient Priesthood, Adama retained the original Hebrew because it is a sacred language reguired in Igbo worship of God. I know that due to hatred and jealousy, and skepticism, people, even Africans believe that Israelites are white people. But I live today as an indisputable descendant of Jacob from the lineage of his son Aaron (Aharonu), a Kohen Gadol by birth.
Like I said, I challenge even the “MOST” knowledgeable Rabbis and Jewish scholars to refute what I have said concerning their not knowing or speaking Hebrew. And this is why many of the word they interprete for Christians are wrong. For example, the name Isaac (Ishiaku) does not mean “laughter”, rather it means, “Crown of wealth”. Abraham (Abia-Amar) does not mean “Father of many nations, rather it means, “He who comes as a witness or to speak for”. It is Nahor (Nna-Ora) the name of both Abraham’s brother and his uncle that means, “Father of many nations”.
The Jews are not able to interprete or pronounce properly, many Hebrew words because Hebrew alphabets were purposefully written without vowels. So, it is only those who can pronounce the language properly that know the appropriate placement of vowels and it affects the meaning of the words. Hebrew is an ancient language. It is not European language. It has such consonants as ny, nn, nm, kp, gb, gh, etc which the European translators purposely eliminated from their work. I have to stop because, concerning my people, Israel, I can talk about them for hours on end because I have spent many years researching Israel from the rare books in the libraries of the western world.