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"Brit-Am Now"-1022
Contents:
1. Compliments from Eli
2. New Article
"Answer to an Anti-Identity Polemic"
3. The Identity of Elam
4. Question on the Table of Nations (Genesis 10)
5. Nancy: Keeping the Law according to the Rabbis?
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1. Compliments from Eli
I heard your second interview. You speak very well, to the point.
And you don't overdue it, it's nice that you admit that we can't know
some things (about the future and about the tribes) for certain.

I Googled "The lost ten tribes of Israel" and you came up third!!
The first one was from Wikipedia with a mention of Brit Am in the summary!!

I love your new web site, looks much better and easy to read.
Gripping, makes one wants to read the articles.
The "Enemy Elimination" caught my eye.
And the site is available in five languages !!!
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2. New Article

"Answer to an Anti-Identity Polemic"
http://www.britam.org/Polemic.html
Criticisms of British-Israel do not apply to Brit-Am but on some points need answering.
In 1945 Foy E Wallace Jr. wrote an exhaustive article criticizing British Israel as he perceived it. Some of the points made are still valid today and some concern Biblical Sources quoted by Brit-Am. In the article below we reply to those criticisms that may be pertinent to Brit-Am.
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3. The Identity of Elam

At 04:13 PM 11/22/2007, you wrote:
 

Shalom Yair,
there is a prophecy about 'Elam' in Jeremiah 49:

Jer 49:34  The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam (Strong's H5867) in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
Jer 49:35  Thus saith the LORD of hosts;Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
Jer 49:36  And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come.
Jer 49:37  For I will cause  Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send  the sword after them, till I have consumed them:
Jer 49:38  And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD.
Jer 49:39  But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.

Do you have any information or just hints about this  Elam? What do Jewish sources say? Strong's  Dictionary  says:  H5867
    o
e yla m  o la m
ay-lawm', o-lawm'
Probably from H5956; hidden, that is, distant; Elam, a son of Shem, and his descendants, with their country; also of six Israelites: - Elam.

Is there a connection to Israelite Tribes in the past? I'm asking, because of the wording, which is similate to the wording of the prophecies, that speak of the Northern Kingdom House of Israel:
"in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of "

It would be nice to get any infos about the subject.
H'Shem bless you abundantly

Sonja Durski

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Reply:
Sonja Shalom,
Josephus and some of the Sages identified Elam with Persia i.e. with Iran of today.
Archaeological finds do indicate that the much of the rank and file of the Persian manpower
were of  Elamite origin. Elamite finds are also reported of in the Sakai area east of the Caspian Sea in Central Asia.
What may be called the Herman Hoeh school of research identifies descendants of Elam with elements in Eastern Europe.
Craig White, "In Search of ...The Origin of Nations"  opines that the Elamites merged with the Sarmatians
who emerged in Eastern Scythia.  Craig White traces Elamites to part of the Poles of Poland, part of the Ukrainians,
and part of the Byelorussians, Serbians, and Croats, as well as the Wends in Germany.
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4. Question on the Table of Nations (Genesis 10)
 Dylano wrote:
 

Shalom,

I believe I read on a Brit-Am Now newsletter, a commentary on the Table of Nations in Genesis 10. It went through the sons of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, commenting on who their modern descendants are. I checked the Brit-Am Now archive for this specific newsletter but, I can't seem to find it. Could you please help me out with this and possibly provide a link to this one? This would be much appreciated.

Thank you in advance,
Dylan.

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We once considered writing a book on this subject and began the necessary research.
For the moment this particular project of ours has been postponed indefintiely.
I am not sure what you were referring to but we have some notes on
the Table of Nations in the following articles:
Ezekiel 38
http://www.britam.org/Ezekiel36to40.html#38
See also:
Gog and Magog
http://www.britam.org/Questions/QuesGog.html
Japan
http://www.britam.org/Questions/QuesJapan.html
Tarshish
http://www.britam.org/Questions/QuesTarshish.html
Peoples and Places
http://www.britam.org/Questions/QuesPeoples.html

We will open up a new page in our Questions and Answers section dedicated to the Table of Nations.
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5. Nancy: Keeping the Law according to the Rabbis?
 RE: "Brit-Am Now"-1019
Law issue

I think it is important to point out that when it is said that non-Jews are not obligated to keep the law and perhaps shouldn't in all of its nuances that this includes all of the rabbinical interpretations and laws.  Since I rarely meet an Israelite who accepts rabbinical law, I'm not sure why this is problematic.