The following set of books are a good source of information about the Tanakh and archeology. The set is in Hebrew but translations have been made into French and English of a few of them.
English Version
Just FYI. The research into DNA does not claim that Jews "descend" from the Canaanites. What is shows is a genetic link between Jews, certain modern Arab groups in the region to what Canaanite DNA they have been able to find. This makes sense, given what some Jewish sources state about the...
It all depends on how you want to look at. At the end of the day the claim is that Jews were given a specific / distinct way to do things. As a side note part of the goal in the process of Shehhitta is to cause the animal as little distress as possible and there has been research to show it is...
Concerning the fear and stress issue. Jewish law forbids us from causing the animal fear and stress. There is actually requirements about how the animal is prepared for the process. Further, it has to be done quickly w/o taking a lot of time give the animal the ability to be stressed by the...
It starts like this.
The Creator gave the Yisraeli people the Torah at Mount Sinai.
There are some of the Torah, in the written text, where no specific reason is give for particular mitzvoth except that it makes the Yisrael people distinct.
Outside of that we can try to determine advantages or...
Concerning Kashrut, the explaination given in the Torah is that Benei Yisrael are supposed to be a set-apart nation, or distinct. Not just practices, but also in concept of how those practices are carried out and the societal and philosphical focus around them. One idea that has been "proposed"...
Am I the only one who noticed the interesting liberties taken with the map that was posted above? Does anyone have any connections with some well respected scholars in Indian history? I would be interested in presenting this to them and asking about it.
Sometimes when I do response videos to these kinds of claims, it can definately make one nuts. You should see the Hebrew Israelite response I had to do a few years ago. Talking about going nuts, that was the furtherest I thought I would ever go. ;)
Concerning switching places for France and...
I find it funny that he forgot to include the following from the same video, right before the part about India and Egypt switching places. Time stamp 20:51.
I think it is something similar to the whole Hebrew Israelite thing. The type of information in his videos and how it is presented is real similar to the HI movement's claims and style of presentation. There is also the whole thing of using xian translations to make a point and ignoring actual...