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Mr. Lost Tribe is just bringing out some Biblical facts that are not widely known.

No, he is not. This is Basic Biblical History 101. Anybody who has read the books of the Prophets and Chronicles, knows that the Kingdom of Israel split during the reign of King Rehaveam ben Shlomo (Rehoboam the son of Solomon) with Yeraveam ben Nevat (Jeroboam the son of Nebat) forming a new kingdom of 10 of the tribes, and Rehaveam retaining control of Judah and Benjamin. At the time of the secession, many loyalists to the House of David, and the entire Tribe of Levi (who have not lost their identity even to the present day) remained with Judah and Benjamin (who became known as "Jews" following the conquest of the lower kingdom by Nebuchadnezzar).

The upper kingdom was conquered by the Assyrians several hundred years earlier and the "10 Tribes" sent into exile. Their identity today is not known, although many different theories have been put forth, one of which (although by no means the most credible) is LT's one-note mating call.

While the identity of the "lost tribes" is a legitimate topic for debate in the Religion forum, it is irrelevant, inappropriate and downright rude to barge in on every Mideast current events threads.

Thank You for that post, and the background information. It seems to confirm some points Mr. Lost Tribe suggests, including

entire Tribe of Levi ... remained with Judah and Benjamin (who became known as "Jews" following the conquest of the lower kingdom by Nebuchadnezzar).

who are Jews, and when they were first called that.

The upper kingdom was conquered by the Assyrians several hundred years earlier and the "10 Tribes" sent into exile. Their identity today is not known, although many different theories have been put forth, one of which (although by no means the most credible) is LT's one-note mating call.

Hmmm. Do you think anyone who has a theory has the obligation to promote everyone elses theory also?

While the identity of the "lost tribes" is a legitimate topic for debate in the Religion forum, it is irrelevant, inappropriate and downright rude to barge in on every Mideast current events threads.

Well, I certainly don't agree that it is wrong for any FR member to enter ANY discussion on Free Republic. This is after all an open and FREE forum. If he sees what he believes to be an error in fact, or even one of theory, and it occurs over and over again, do you think he should just ignore it? Or is he free to enter the Free Republic discussion?

Regards.

Your post made me curious, so I went back and spot checked a number of Lost Tribes initial posts to existing threads. It turns out that many, maybe most of them deal with a subject on which the two of you seem to completely agree. Who are Jews, and when they were first identified as Jews. You say:

..entire Tribe of Levi ... remained with Judah and Benjamin (who became known as "Jews" following the conquest of the lower kingdom by Nebuchadnezzar).

and Lost Tribe says:

..made up of the Tribe of Judah & a mix of Levites and Benjamites. ....... taken captive in ~587 BC and removed to Babylon. Only ~50,000 returned to Palestine ~70 years later. They and their offspring are called Jews.

That's WAAAAY close enough for government work. So since YOU agree with him on what he seems to think are very important definitions, YOU could call these fundamental definitions to the attention of threads which have it wrong, then he woudn't have to. What say?