"Brit-Am Now"-317

11-04-03-(5764)

1. Feed-Back from Dovid Harpo
2.  Jeremy Burningham: Why Use the KJB?
3. Temple Mount Importance
4. MAJOR MIGRATORY MOVEMENTS
STAGES OF THE EXILE
(1). Movement by Sea
(2).  Movement by Land Northward
(3).  Cimmerians to Europe and Galatian-Gaul
(4). First Scythian Movements to Europe
  (5).  Royal Scythians Move Westward
(6).  Barbarian Scythians
(7).  The Danites and Nephtalites Move to Scandinavia
(8).  The Viking Invasions
(9).  The Normans
(10).  The Picts and Khazars
(11) From Germany to North America
(12). The rest of Europe
  5. You are unique!
6. New Books from Stephen Collins
7. Meeting about Brit-Am

1. Feed-Back from Dovid Harpo
Dovid Harpo, the top Israeli religious (and secular) singer who gave a
short concert at the Brit-Am meeting, says he enjoyed the meeting: He
felt there was something special with the audience, and experienced an
enlivenment.

2.  Jeremy Burningham: Why Use the KJB?
Question:
>I just really feel the KJV is not a good translation to be working from.
>Many  hold the KJV as a mistranslated and manipulative piece of work. I
>myself find the KJV does not do justice to the sacred text. Should not
>Brit-Am at least recommend better translations of the Hebrew Bible. I have
>Artscroll's Stone Edition Tanach. This Tanach is far more superior to the
>KJV and far more accurate, elaborate and descriptive. It also has
>reflections from the great Jewish Sages which is of great help and sheds
>incredible amounts of insight about the Hebrew Bible. Brit-Am is about
>uniting the Tribes of Israel. In my opinion Brit-Am should really get as
>close to the true text of Hashem as possible so people in our organisation
>can come as close as possible with the most accurate words of Hashem. All
>things start with the Bible and we should be using the best one.

>Even the earliest English translation of the JPS Tanach (Jewish
>Publication Society) was a slightly modified version of the Old Testament
>found in the King James Bible, instead of a direct translation of the
>original Hebrew which accompanied it. Far more accurate English
>translations of the Masoretic text are found in Koren's The Jerusalem
>Bible and Artscroll's Stone Edition Tanach.
God Bless.

Answer:
Brit-Am is not a religion. We quote Biblical verses in order to prove a
point or to comment on something.
Where the translation we use differs from our understanding of the Hebrew
text we say so.
 From this perspective it does not matter much what translation we use.
The KJB is still popular, many people are familiar with it and quite a few
other translations are in effect guided by it.
I personally like it.
In some cases the translators had insights or knowledge worth noting.
What concerns us is the correct translation of verses concerning Brit-Am
researches
and for this purpose we can use any version to work from  so we may as well
use the version
with the widest acceptance.

3. Temple Mount Importance
From: Dbenariel@aol.com
Subject: Re: Joshua 15

In a message dated 11/2/03 3:50:54 AM Eastern Standard Time,
britam@netvision.net.il writes:

>THE VALLEY OF THE SON OF HINNOM>>:  This area
>is still largely unsettled and very scenic. It has steep slopes that lead
>from the New City up to the present day walls of the Old City. Brit-Am
>director, Yair Davidiy, sometimes goes jogging in that area. It is one of
>the routes to the Western Wall which is the last surviving remnant of the
>Second Temple. If you are ever in Jerusalem you should visit the Western
>Wall and if possible pray there.

It's also where Jeremiah condemned the pagan practice of child sacrifice
and where
>I purposely went and prayed before writing an article against abortion.
>Oscar Schindler is buried in the "Christian" cemetery that overlooks the
>Valley of Hinnom. If anyone is blessed to visit Israel, they should visit
>the Temple Mount and if possible pray there.
David Ben-Ariel
Beyond Babylon: Europe's Rise and Fall
www.benariel.com

4. MAJOR MIGRATORY MOVEMENTS

STAGES OF THE EXILE

             The Exile of the northern tribes to different parts of the
Assyrian Empire was in stages. Before the exile of Samaria (2-Kings 17;6)
meaning Menasseh, Ephraim, and Zebulon, the Tribes to the north (Dan,
Asher, Issachar, and Naphtali) had been taken away by the Assyrian monarch
who carried them captive to Assyria (2-Kings 15; 29). Likewise, the tribes
east of the Jordan (Reuben, Gad, and half Menasseh) had been carried unto
Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan(1-Chronicles 5;26).

             The place of exile nominated as Assyriarefers to the province
by that name which encompassed most of Mesopotamia and extended into the
Zagros Mountains in the east, while in the west it reached unto the shores
of the Black Sea. Halah, Habor, the River Gozan, and many of the cities of
the Medes were within the confines of Assyria or close to its fringes. Hara
was much further to the east in the region straddling the borders of
present day Iran and Afghanistan.

After the eastern Tribes and the northern ones had all been exiled, there
remained only a rump state centred around the city of Samaria in the south
and these too were to be exiled.

               And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel, unto Assyria,
and put them in Halah, and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the
cities of the Medes.

              Because they obeyed not the voice of The LORD their God, but
transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of The LORD
commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them (2-Kings 18;11- 12).

(1). Movement by Sea
             Most of the Israelites were exiled to the north. A portion
however were transported overseas in Phoenician and Philistine ships
working for the Assyrians. The transported Hebrews were taken to Spain,
Gaul, and Britain. Proof for the transportation of Israelites by Sea is
obtainable from the Hebrew Bible, Biblical commentaries, traditions,
legends, archaeology, and historical writings. Unequivocal archaeological
evidence is available from Spain and Portugal. Those taken to Spain moved
northward into Gaul or crossed over to Britain and Ireland.

(2).  Movement by Land Northward
Ca.740-720 BCE: The Assyrians moved masses of Northern Israelites (and
other Syrians and Phoenicians) to Northern Mesopotamia and to Hara in
eastern Iran where they became identified with Cimmerians, Scyths, and Goths.

(3).  Cimmerians to Europe and Galatian-Gaul
    ¨         Ca. 640 BCE: The first waves of Cimmerians via the Anatolian
Bosporos (Turkey) were driven into the European Balkans whence they made
their way west to Gaul and Britain becoming identified as Celts and
Galatians. The Galatians were identifiable in Europe with both part of the
Celts and Belgae and with early groups in Germany.

(4). First Scythian Movements to Europe
             Ca. 550 BCE: The movement of Scythians from the Middle East to
north of the Caucasus began in earnest with the penetration of Scythia.
Offshoots from this movement reached into Western Europe and Gaul but the
only significant presence established at this early stage was the one
within the area of Poland whence Scandinavia and the West were to be reached.

(5).  Royal Scythians Move Westward
             The  Israelite-Scythians had progressed from being subjects of
the Assyrians, to being their allies, then taking control of the Assyrian
Empire and finally destroying Assyria as described in the Biblical Book of
Micah, chapter five. Climate changes in Scythia caused "Sarmatian" groups
to push the Royal Scyths westward in the period 300-100 BCE. They
re-settled at first in the area of Bulgaria, then after renewed pressure
continued north, ultimately to reach Scandinavia.

(6).  Barbarian Scythians
The rest of the Israelite Scythians were driven westward by climate changes
and by wars with peoples such as the Sarmatians and the Huns. A constant
stream of these peoples was moving westward in a movement that culminated
with the Hun invasion of Europe in the 400s CE.

(7).  The Danites and Nephtalites Move to Scandinavia
             In the very far east of Scythia in what is now eastern Siberia
and western China a good portion of the Naphtalite horde had remained. In
the 450-500 CE period the Naphtalites began to move west eventually
entering Scandinavia in the 500's and 600's CE. The Naphtalite horde
included the Danes who re-settled Denmark possibly via Sweden. The
Naphtalites themselves settled mainly in Norway. Sweden was populated by
Goths and by Suiones descendants of Shuni (pronounceable as Su-oni) son of
Gad (Genesis 46;16).

(8).  The Viking Invasions
             The continued migrations to Scandinavia resulted in
over-population, the pushing outwards of coastal populations, and
subsequent overseas colonization. The Scandinavians overseas were known as
the Vikings.


(9).  The Normans
             The Vikings settled in England, Ireland, Normandy (France),
and elsewhere. In Normandy the Vikings accepted French Culture and were
called Normans. From Normandy they invaded England in 1066.

(10).  The Picts and Khazars
                 Some groups of Sacae-related Israelites including bands of
Goths and Naphtali remained in the Caucasus region and adjoining areas of
Scythia. These were eventually to amalgamate with the Agathyrsi and form
the KHAZAR nation which converted to Judaism. Some of their descendants are
to be found today amongst the modern Jews. The real core of the Khazar
nation federation was centered on the Akatziri or "Agathyrsy" as the Greeks
called them. At some time between 50 BCE-300 CE (more likely closer to the
latter date) the Agathyrsi sent a contingent across the sea to Scotland
where it became identified with the PICTS (Servius on Aenid 4.v.146).

(11) From Germany to North America
             The Roman historian Tacitus reported the tradition that the
Germans were descended from Mannus, i.e. from Manasseh of Israel! The
Germans who Tacitus spoke of in large part moved westward to Britain,
France, Holland, and Belgium. Others remained, especially in the west, but
were numerically overwhelmed by newcomers from the east. Nevertheless, many
people of Israelite descent remained in Germany, especially in the west,
until around the 1800s when there was a massive migration to the USA. The
migrants from Germany to America were different physically, sociologically,
and ideologically from those who stayed behind.  They were on the whole,
less anti-Semitic or not anti-Semitic at all; more liberally and
independently minded, often of non-conventional, more literally-minded,
fundamental religious persuasion and of a different physical type. In
Germany they had belonged to groups and social classes that never actually
really belonged to the mainstream of historical German society. Similarly,
in Britain, the migrants to America either came mostly from the west and
north or they belonged to socially distinct elements that had formed a
separate grouping alongside the feudal stratifications that had previously
existed. In the case of Germany were have descendants of Israelites
separating themselves from their non-Israelite neighbors and moving out:
Often one village would remain and all inhabitants of the community next
door emigrate to America. In Britain we have descendants of the tribe of
Manasseh separating themselves from their Ephraimite brothers.

(12). The rest of Europe
What applies to Britain and Germany has been studied and documented but the
same phenomenon appears to have taken place throughout Europe and the world
wherever people of Hebrew origin were to be found.
<<FOR, LO, I WILL COMMAND, AND I WILL SIFT THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AMONG ALL
NATIONS, LIKE AS CORN IS SIFTED IN A SIEVE, YET SHALL NOT THE LEAST GRAIN
FALL UPON THE EARTH>> [Amos 9:9].

5. You are unique!
You can read through the Bible, book by book.  You can let yourself perhaps
be guided by our studies on the Prophets,
by our Biblical proofs, by our summaries of the Prophets as contained in
"Origin".  You can see for yourself, decide for yourself. You will probably
see other things some of which may even strengthen the points we have made.
The end result is your own. The encounter between yourself and the Almighty
as HE reveals Himself in the Bible
is between you and HE.

6. New Books from Stephen Collins
More details soon.
In the meantime contact
Stephen at
scollins@ll.net

7. Meeting about Brit-Am
Brit-Am supporter Binah Sujanani  had a private meeting at which we were
invited to speak about Brit-Am principles.
The meeting was held at the Ticho House restaurant in Jerusalem. It was
originally intended to keep the meeting at a low profile.
Other people however heard about the meeting and asked
to attend and most were able to do so but some had to be turned back due to
lack of space.
Altogether about 25 people attended mostly visitors and volunteers in
Israel from Scotland, the USA, Britain,
etc. who are personally known to Binah.
Yair Davidiy gave a Biblical and historical overview of Brit-Am beliefs and
goals.
Rabbi Feld also spoke on the perspective of Rabbinical Judaism regarding
Brit-Am and answered questions.
Binah spoke about the non-Jewish perspective and appreciation of Brit-Am.
Ephraim Frank spoke of the importance of reunion and mutual rapport between
Judah and Joseph.
The meeting was very successful and Binah hopes to host more such meetings.

The aims of Brit-Am  are to encourage:
1. The spread of Identity Awareness.
2. Increased Identity research and clarification.
3. Association of members together for the sake of  mutual-empowerment,
learning and fellowship.

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