Posted on 10/04/2012 11:14:35 PM PDT by Cronos
"I often wondered why only Indian Jews were treated in such a manner," he said hoping that the report about the DNA tests will remove all doubts once and for all.
The Bene Israelis are descendants of emigrants from Israel from the 2nd century BC. This would be sailors moving along a well-established sea route to the area south of Bombay
And they stayed there for 2000+ years.
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Me too... bookmark.
Certainly gives credence to the story of St. Thomas ending up in India.
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Where he was murdered...
very cool !
The article is dated “July 22, 2002 “ .. is that a typo?
No, it is not a typo.
The story is from 2002.
Identifiable Bene Israel number about 4000, and have paternal Y chromosome markers more characteristic of other Jewish populations, but maternal mitochondrial markers more similar to those found in the rest of India, according to some researchers.
There are also Bene Menashe and the ‘Lost Tribe of Ephraim’ in the Indian Subcontinent that claim Jewish descent.
Incidentally, the ‘Tribe of Ephraim’ in Pakistan/Afghanistan also claim to have the Ark of the Covenant.
Rasta means road. Peth is village. So the village road :)
And the trade route from the Red Sea to the west coast of India is ancient -- dating back 4000 to 5000 years
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Well, at least there isn’t an discrimination in India now.
I seem to remember that there is a theory that during the ‘lost years’ of Jesus between boyhood and his ministry at 30+ years for which there is no record in the Gospels, he went to India.
Some have even found Bhuddist influences in his teaching.
The reason why Thomas went there could’ve been to re-kindle some contacts with the ancient Jewish community and take the word of Jesus to them.
Remember, the early Christian movement was still essentially a Jewish movement/sect until it got religio-jacked by Paul to make it palatable to the Gentile world.
NOT looking forward to Gelfilte Fish Curry.
“Remember, the early Christian movement was still essentially a Jewish movement/sect until it got religio-jacked by Paul to make it palatable to the Gentile world.”
religio-jacked? Oy, vey! Ever hear of the Great Commission? Jesus commanded his followers to spread his Gospel to the whole world.
Yeah, I investigated it once and was pretty impressed with the antiquity and extent of the evidence in favor.
And you’re right...those trade routes were very old, and this DNA study only proves it.
I don’t buy the idea that Paul hijacked Christianity.
If Paul was so out there, there were 12 other Apostles, 72 disciples, and who knows how many Christian communities who would have taken him to task. The fact that his letters were copied, preserved, and read by all the churches with no apparent controversy means that his teaching was universally accepted as authentic.
The writings of the folks who really hijacked Christianity, eg the Gnostics, were categorically dismissed and were not read in the churches.
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