"Brit-Am Now"-303

October 2, 2003
Contents:
1. Scalping
2. Brit-Am Genealogy
3. Origin of Nations Site
4. Yom Kippur
5. Visit to Temple Mount
6. Phoenicians in New Zealand?
7. Biblical Proof no.30 Dolmens

1. Scalping
From: Dbenariel@aol.com
Subject: Re: "Brit-Am Now"-302

In a message dated 9/30/03 2:01:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
britam@netvision.net.il writes:

>4. British Atrocities
>From: Joan Griffith
>Yair,
>You may not have known this, but the British are the ones who began to pay
>the American Indians for bringing in scalps of the settlers. This took
>place after the French and Indian War was settled. Some terrible things
>occurred in the 1700s-1800s, and a lot of blood was spilled.

And the Mexicans paid Indian mercenaries so much for the scalp of a man, so
much for a woman, and less for a child. Sin knows no racial boundaries. May
our Common Creator grant us all repentance and forgiveness and bless us to
soon pray in His royal House of Prayer for all Peoples in Jerusalem, Israel!

David Ben-Ariel
Beyond Babylon: Europe's Rise and Fall
www.benariel.com

2. Brit-Am Genealogy
From: <betmatrho@britam.org>
Subject: surnames

Yair,
I have a few pages started on the Genealogy section - have been getting
email from people sending in some info. Some write wanting me to do
genealogy research for them but I am not doing that at this time.
Here are the names I started working with:
Taylor, Wilson, Cotter, Crawford, Davidson (Davis, Davies), Forbes, Harris,
King, Murphy, Russell.
These are name that are clickable from the Scottish, Irish, Wales, UK lists.

Betty

3. Origin of Nations Site
http://www.originofnations.org/
The Origin of Nations Site run by Craig White has a lot of articles
that are worth viewing from a Brit-Am perspective.
This does not mean that we agree with everything on the site or that the
style is like our own
but they could say the same about us and the site is well worth visiting.

4. Yom Kippur
Beginning Sunday Night up unto Monday Night is Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement),
and also my birthday according to the Hebrew Calendar.
This is a time for introspection and spiritual accounting.

[Leviticus 23:27] ALSO ON THE TENTH DAY OF THIS SEVENTH MONTH THERE SHALL
BE A DAY OF ATONEMENT: IT SHALL BE AN HOLY CONVOCATION UNTO YOU; AND YE
SHALL AFFLICT YOUR SOULS, AND OFFER AN OFFERING MADE  BY FIRE UNTO THE LORD.
[Leviticus 23:28] AND YE SHALL DO NO WORK IN THAT SAME DAY: FOR IT IS A DAY
OF ATONEMENT, TO MAKE AN  ATONEMENT FOR YOU BEFORE THE LORD YOUR GOD.

On Yom Kippur every fiftieth year the Shofar (Ram's horn translated as
"trumpet") was blown sinnallling the return of every Israelite to his
ancestral heritage. This in Jewish Law is connected with the ultimate
return of the Lost Ten Tribes   as we will explain in a future article.

[Leviticus 25:9] THEN SHALT THOU CAUSE THE TRUMPET [Shofar] OF THE JUBILEE
TO SOUND ON THE TENTH DAY OF THE  SEVENTH MONTH, IN THE DAY OF ATONEMENT
SHALL YE MAKE THE TRUMPET SOUND THROUGHOUT ALL YOUR LAND.

Isaiah also links the return of the Lost Ten Tribes to the blowing of a
Shofar in a verse that is repeated throughout the Yom Kippur service.
<<AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS IN THAT DAY, THAT THE GREAT TRUMPET [Shofar]
SHALL BE BLOWN, AND THEY SHALL COME WHICH WERE READY TO PERISH (Hebrew:
Ovdim also translatable as they who were lost)  IN THE LAND OF ASSYRIA
(i.e. Lost Ten Tribes s), AND THE OUTCASTS (i.e. Jewish Captives) IN THE
LAND OF EGYPT, AND SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD IN THE HOLY MOUNT AT JERUSALEM>>
[Isaiah 27:13].

5. Visit to Temple Mount
Until recently Jews had not been allowed to go up to the Temple Mount  due
to fear of Arab reactions.
This has begun to change.
For views and an account of recent visits see:
http://www.younevercall.com/templemount
http://www.alsonetworks.com/~aviv/Harhabayit.htm


6. Phoenicians in New Zealand?
Did Phoenicians and others visit Australia and New Zealand?  see:

http://www.zealand.org.nz/history.htm


7. Biblical Proof no.30 Dolmens

             Jeremiah  (31;21) refers to dolmens which are large stones set
table fashion over others and often covered by large piles of rocks and
stone. The dolmens and other related stone monuments form a connecting link
between Israel, Britain, West France, and Scandinavia. More dolmens (over
5000!) have been found in Denmark than in any other country. On the other
hand the oldest dolmens are believed to be those of Israel. More than
20,000 megalithic monuments of all types (including dolmens) have been
found in the Land of Israel especially on the eastern "Jordanian" side
since for various reasons those on the west were destroyed by local
inhabitants. The verse in effects links dolmens  with Ephraim.

[Jeremiah 31:21] SET THEE UP WAYMARKS, MAKE THEE HIGH HEAPS: SET THINE
HEART TOWARD THE HIGHWAY, EVEN THE WAY WHICH THOU WENTEST: TURN AGAIN, O
VIRGIN OF ISRAEL, TURN AGAIN TO THESE THY CITIES.

             Hofman (Olam HaTanach): <<The Prophet calls upon the Exiles to
indicate with special signs their pathway into Exile, in order that they
may quickly return to the land by the path they went in. This method of
marking a pathway is practiced unto this day&How would they know to find
the way in Biblical Times? How would they describe the way of journey or
the border line? It appears that in Biblical times to was accepted practice
to make note of prominent features&>>

Abarbanel: <<The prophet therefore spoke concerning the Kingdom of Israel
[of the Ten Tribes] SET THEE UP WAYMARKS saying that when you g into Exile
make signs by the routes and waymarks like piles of rocks [i.e. cairns] or
stone monuments [Hebrew: Matzavah, i.e. dolmen] so that you may set your
heart to the route and remember in order that you may return in the way you
went in, return to your city.>>

The WAYMARKSthe Prophet is referring to were megalithic monuments. These
monuments we believe were set up by Israelites and we have some proof for
this belief. Even however if the monuments in question were not set up by
Israelites but had existed previously the fact remains that they happened
to all lie along the path of Israelite migration westward. It is this fact
that Jeremiah is telling the Israelites (i.e. he is telling us) to take
note of.

             The word translated above as "WAYMARKS" in the original Hebrew
is "Tzionim" which strictly speaking means "signs" but in spoken Hebrew is
usually used to denote a stone erection marking a grave or event.

             The most literal explanation of this verse amongst the
Classical Authoritative Rabbinical Commentators is that given by the
"Radak" (Rabbi David Kimchi, 1157-1236) of Narbonne, France. The Radak says:

             "SET YOURSELF UP WAYMARKS" (Jeremiah 31): This was directed to
the Community of Israel, that in the generation when they would be exiled
they should set up waymarks [i.e. "tsionim"] such as PILED-UP STONES OR
STONE MONUMENTS. The purpose of these monuments was to mark the paths [of
migration for the sake of future recognition]. The meaning was to say that
even though you will be exiled, hope is not lost and you are still destined
to return to these your cities. "MAKE YOURSELF HIGH HEAPS" [Hebrew:
"tamrurim"]. The same message is repeated though the wording is changed
since both "tamrurim" [i.e. "high heaps"] and "tsionim" (i.e. "waymarks")
connote elevated-height [from the root "tamar"]...

             Bearing in mind that according to the previous verse (31;20)
Jeremiah is addressing himself to Ephraim, the verse in Jeremiah 31;21 may
therefore be understood to say:
             "Set yourself up stone monuments [menhirs, dolmens] and high
heaps of stones [cairns] [i.e. Megalithicmonuments!]. Set your heart
towards the prepared way: The way in which you went. Turn back o virgin of
Israel, return unto these cities of yours.

             The mode of expression employed by the Prophet should be
understood differently from that used by Moses. When Moses gave a
commandment it had to be obeyed. When the prophets issue an order
concerning future action it means they are predicting what will happen.
They are telling us what must be learned from this action. Jeremiah is
saying that (for whatever reason) the exiled Israelites will have stone
monuments set up. Through these monuments Jeremiah predicts that it will be
possible in the future to learn of the Israelite paths of migration away
from the Land of Israel.  Once this is learned it will serve as a means by
which they may be persuaded to return. The inferred commandment to the
exiles to erect "Tsionim" is therefore applicable to the dolmens and other
socalled "StoneAge" ("Megalithic") monuments. Many of these monuments date
from the Bronze and Iron Age periods. They are mentioned in the Bible as
being set up by the Hebrew Patriarchs and Judges as well as by others.

             The ancient Israelites were always familiar with bronze and
iron utensils but it should be noted that in some cases the use of stone
only was enforced. An altar had to be erected of whole unhewn stones
(Exodus 20;22); "An altar of whole stones over which no man hath lift up
any iron" (Joshua 8;31). Joshua was commanded to circumcise Israelites born
in the wilderness with "knives of flint" (Joshua 5;2-3). The Hebrew has
"Charvoth Tsurim" which the KJ imprecisely translates as "sharp knives".
"Tsur" means flint or sharp stone.

             Dolmens and related monuments are found in the Land of Israel,
in Jordan, in the Caucasus, in Spain, Brittany (France), Britain, and
Scandinavia.

             There are several types of dolmens and examples have also been
reported from Ethiopia, Japan and India. Eastern dolmens are somewhat
different from those of Israel and the west. Even so in India the dolmens
are linked with legends of green-eyed Vikings and with the Lost Ten Tribes.
The type of dolmen found in the area of ancient Israel (on both sides of
the Jordan River) is the same as that found in Western Europe:

             "The megalithic dolmens found in the Golan and Galilee are
table like structures composed of two vertical basalt blocks roofed by
large rock slabs. A heap of stones usually covered the dolmens, creating a
tumulus. Such structures are known in Transjordan from the Chalcolithic
period, but in the Golan and Galilee they definitely date to EB [i.e. Early
Bronze] IV /MB [Middle Bronze] I...These dolmens recall similar megalithic
burial structures known throughout Europe in the Bronze Age, but the
significance of this resemblance is unclear". A. MAZAR, Archaeology of the
Land of the Bible, U.S.A. 1990.    p.160.

             The conventional dating applied in Europe to dolmens and the
like is too early. Most Megaltihic monuments in Western Europe were erected
in the Late Bronze or Early Iron Age after the Israelites had been exiled.
People of Israelite origin erected them! In archaeological and historical
studies of Western Europe dolmens are associated with the Celtic Druids.
Wherever Celts and Druids were found together, so too, were there dolmens.

             Iron age artifacts are frequently found together with or in
the vicinity of dolmens. Iron was largely introduced to Europe after 700
BCE with the coming of the Celts. Some of the Israelite groups used bronze
tools, some reverted to stone-age ones (as did the Dutch Boers in South
Africa in the 1700s), but on the whole the migrating Israelites may be
associated with iron.

             Through Dolmens a good case may be made for tracing the
migrations of the Lost Ten Tribes to Western Europe. The quoted verse of
Jeremiah may well be understood in this sense.

             The word "Tamrurim" used by Jeremiah (translated here as "high
heaps") in Modern Hebrew is the word used for "Trafficsign" or
"wayfareindicator". WAYMARKS, as noted, equal dolmens. The verse (Jeremiah
31;12) may therefore in the Hebrew be understood further as saying:

             "Establish waymarks [i.e. "Tsionim" =dolmens] for yourself,
set up for yourself high-heaps [i.e. cairns, "Tamrurim" = wayfare markers]:
put your heart [i.e. pay attention] to the pathways you went by and return,
O virgin of Israel, come back to these cities of yours.

             Some understand the above verse in a partly figurative sense
but taken literally according to the Radak (Kimchi) it means that a trail
of megalithic monuments should be traceable along the paths of migration as
indeed it is. Megalithic Monuments begin in the land of Israel on both
sides of the Jordan. They have offshoots of uncertain nature into Asia but
exact reproductions are fund in the Caucasus, in Bulgaria, in Spain, West
France, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Britain, and Ireland. They describe
two main migratory paths from Israel to Western Europe. These paths show us
how the Lost Ten Tribes left their land and where they went to. Jeremiah
the Prophet transmits the command of God telling us to take heed of the
paths we went in, the monuments we set up, and the way leading back to the
cities of our forefathers in the Land of Israel.

[Jeremiah 31:22] HOW LONG WILT THOU GO ABOUT, O THOU BACKSLIDING DAUGHTER?
FOR THE LORD HATH CREATED A NEW THING IN THE EARTH, A WOMAN SHALL COMPASS A
MAN.

Abarbanel on this verse says it refers to the Ten Tribes who at first would
be weak like a woman but later would gain strength like a man and overcome
the Gentiles.

Radak: <<A WOMAN SHALL COMPASS A MAN: It is the way of the world that a man
goes after and hangs around a woman, as the sages said: Someone who has
lost something seeks after what he is lacking. Here the female goes after
and around the man, that is the Children of Israel will repent and return
to their God who will redeem them>>.

The expression A WOMAN SHALL COMPASS A MAN is considered an allegory to the
Children of Israel attempting to return to God, as if Israel is symbolized
by a female wooing her man who is the God of Israel. For the last few years
I have been studying the Book of Jeremiah in a weekly class given by Rabbi
Mordecai Machles in Jerusalem. Rabbi Machles has pointed out that today it
is becoming acceptable for a female to initiate courtship with a male. In
the past this was unthinkable. Rabbi Machles suggests that this development
is connected with the expression in Jeremiah, A WOMAN SHALL COMPASS A MAN,
and that this is a sign that the prophecies of Jeremiah are about to be
fulfilled.

A WOMAN SHALL COMPASS A MAN: In Hebrew it can be said to mean that a woman
shall surround a man. The Rabbis said (Yebamot 62) that a person should get
married. Every one without a wife dwells without happiness; without
blessing, without goodness etc. In Israel they said, without Torah, without
a wall [to protect him from temptation] as it says, A WOMAN SHALL COMPASS A
MAN.

On a symbolic level this verse has been applied to the Lost Ten Tribes who
will initiate an approach to Judah to which Judah will reply. Brit-Am
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We repeat:

The exhortation in Jeremiah:

[Jeremiah 31:21] SET THEE UP WAYMARKS, MAKE THEE HIGH HEAPS: SET THINE
HEART TOWARD THE HIGHWAY, EVEN THE WAY WHICH THOU WENTEST: TURN AGAIN, O
VIRGIN OF ISRAEL, TURN AGAIN TO THESE THY CITIES.

This refers specifically to the so-called megalithicmonuments such as
dolmens BUT in general it also means that those who have been called out of
the Lost Ten Tribes and have become aware of Brit-Am truth are commanded to
support historical research (including archaeological reports, etc) that
confirm this truth. These too, are waymarks
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