The following video list details some important aspects of Ivri / Benei Yisrael / Yehudi / Jew ancestry.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXECa6N2EVJWyijGD371pqAHDSU91DfAA&si=tBwrKyb23079Yytn
Concerning the issue of the term Ivri vs. Hapiru / 'Abiru. It is clear that the term Ivri (עברי) / Ivrim (עבריים) is how Jewish texts describe Avraham ben-Terahh his children, grandchildren, and further who kept the mitzvoth that he did, in the way he did. I.e. one perspective is that this term...
When it comes to certain types one has to be careful. There was once an incident in NYC where an Ethiopian Israeli girl was beat up by a group of Hebrew Israelites who were preaching in Times Square. She didn't understand the dynamic of that particular group and she stated something they didn't...
She was very motivated. The problem was that she intially fell in with some of the wrong people who misinformed her. What was also interesting about her case was that when the conversation we had took place she was a member of a "Black Israelite/Black Jews" community Queens who were connected to...
It could be that the rabbis there simply aren't on the list of the Rabbinute and therefore if at least one of them was, they would be able to do conversions. I don't have any experience with Chabad in California so I don't know.
Concerning DNA we have the following.
Concerning RM124 the following Wikipedia on Hplogroup R-M124 addresses how this exists in a minority of Ashkenazi Jewish who were tested.
I have to respost the original information I posted. It got moved to a different thread.
One simple problem with the claim that people who can indentified by the historical terms Ivrim, Benei Yisrael, Yehudim, or Jews should indentified as "Yadava farmers" is the simple problem that early Ivrim...
What I mean by "source material" is the information that explains the words and the grammer. I.e. no modern lexicon or dictionary would exist if for example the Mishnah or the Talmud didn't exist. If no Jew who knew ancient Hebrew existed then no one would have a reference for the language.
I think they do on some levels. Again, they only know the meanings of words and grammer from those who early on recorded it. Thus, when we talk about dead languages we are often talking situations where a) nothing was recorded or b) the record was lost.
We could argue that all Peshat is vague and that no one understands the language at all. Every aspect of the Hebrew language, like any language, is based on some type of Mesorah. Whether we accept what particular people, internal to the text, say about the meaning of any word could be up for...
Right, but if we take all of this and say, "Okay, so were the ancient Ivrim Yadava Farmers? Does the Tanakh's use of the word Mitzrayim mean India? Are there any ancient Jewish or Middle Eastern cultures that support conclusions of yes to both questions?" Essentially, what I am saying is there...
But that was not the point. Again, the first statement I wrote was "Another proof that in Hebrew Mitzrayim is not in India or even near it is the following."
If you and I agree that Mitzrayim is not India, then we can call Hodu the planet Mars. :cool: Yet, at the end of the day there is a lot...