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Well if you ever are bored to tears and want to read it...have fun. I'll eventually post some videos but not just yet. I don't want to upstage Dr. Hagins.
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Sephardic Jews
Sephardic Jewry, in the most traditional sense of the term, refers to the group of Jews who originated on the Iberian Peninsula, living in Spain and Portugal. Even today, "Sepharad" is the Hebrew word for Spain. Many Sephardic Jews are descendants of those Jews exiled from Spain and Portugal during the end of the 15th century. While Jews had lived in relative peace and calm in those countries during the Middle Ages, under Muslim rule—even experiencing a Golden Age—during the reconquista, when Christianity grabbed a foothold in the peninsula, the tide turned against the Jews. During the Spanish Inquisition and Spanish Expulsion, Jews were given the option of conversion or expulsion. Many fled, unwilling to give up their faith, and settled in other parts of the Ottoman Empire; even among the converted—called crypto-Jews or Conversos—were those that adhered to their Jewish faith in private, and many of their descendants returned to their Jewish roots.
Some settled in Jamaica and other parts of the Caribbean.
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/pages/history/story0054.htm
Approximately half of Israel's Jewish population is Sephardic.
Falasha Jews (Ethiopian)
Falasha means exiled, or banished.
The Ethiopians use this word to designate the Jews who live in their land, which was conquered by the Queen of Sheba on her return from Jerusalem after her famous meetings with King Solomon (I Kings, X). According to an ancient local tradition, Menelik, son of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, left the Land of Israel at the time of the First Exile and went to Axum, the ancient capital of Queen Sheba in Ethiopia, with many followers - Judeans, ancestors of the Falashas.
More: http://www.theguardian.com/science/2...heba-goldminesAlmost 3,000 years ago, the ruler of Sheba, which spanned modern-day Ethiopia and Yemen, arrived in Jerusalem with vast quantities of gold to give to King Solomon. Now an enormous ancient goldmine, together with the ruins of a temple and the site of a battlefield, have been discovered in her former territory.Comment
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Passover proof lies in Egyptian hieroglyphs
Pharoah’s papyrus scrolls may not seem the most reliable sources for investigating the story of the Israelite’s Exodus, but Egyptologist Galit Dayan has found in them much compelling evidence to support the historicity of the biblical tale.Two weeks before Passover, on March 17, Dayan presented her research to an audience of more than 200 at Sinai Temple. Dayan, who earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from Hebrew University in Jerusalem and is the wife of Jacob Dayan, Consul General of Israel in Los Angeles, told the group that linguistic evidence reveals an ancient and deeply involved Jewish presence in Egypt that eventually disappears. To illustrate, she drew remarkable parallels between the language of Egyptian papyrus (hieroglyphs), the haggadah and the Bible, all of which contain references to the Exodus story. In piecing together these manuscripts, Dayan framed an Exodus narrative based on facts of Egyptian history and language to prove her theory that a mass Exodus did occur and that it happened during the reign of Ramses II.
In each of the Egyptian manuscripts Dayan discussed, the same familiar characters are mentioned: Moses (“an Egyptian name”), Pharoah, the Red Sea/Sea of Reeds (“Yam Suf” in Hebrew), Hebrews, Israelites and the presence of slaves in Egypt.
In one manuscript, known as the Ipuwer papyrus, there is an eerie description of chaos in Egypt: “Plague is throughout the land,” Dayan’s translation reads, “blood is everywhere — the river is blood ... and the hail smote every herd of the field ... the land is without light and there is a thick darkness throughout the land ... the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt — from the firstborn of Pharoah that sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the prison. ...”
“Ladies and gentlemen,” Dayan said with dramatic effect, “this is an Egyptian papyrus that is describing the same plagues that we have in our haggadah.” She explained her view that the 10 plagues were not random punishments inflicted by the Jewish God upon Egypt, but a “declaration of war” on the entire Egyptian system. Each plague, she said, corresponds to a different Egyptian god and the element of creation over which they held dominion. This means the plagues were not merely grave misfortunes but the most humiliating insults to the Egyptian people.
Dayan, who is a fan of atlases, made use of several maps to support her case. The “Map of the Lakes” depicts the location of several bodies of water in ancient Egypt — including the Yam Suf, or Red Sea — which the Israelites are said to have crossed on their way to Canaan. Although the Egyptians refer to the Yam Suf in a different location from where the Red Sea is located, Dayan said there is a manuscript that depicts “a lake full of suf, or reeds” as having dried out. This was a time, Dayan said excitedly, when “you could cross Yam Suf.”Academics have narrowed the time period during which the Exodus might have occurred to the reign of three kings, or pharoahs, who are first called such in Egyptian texts. First was King Akhenaten, who reportedly brought monotheism to Egypt (as Dayan believes that groups of Hebrews resided in Egypt since the beginning of Jewish history, it is plausible either that the king passed monotheism onto the Jews or that they could have influenced his theology); next was Ramses II, who moved the Egyptian capital to the delta where many “Habirus” — or Hebrews — resided and also near to where the haggadah says that Israelites “built treasure cities Pitom and Ramses” for Pharoah; and then there is Merneptah Stele, the son of Ramses II who, among his many conquests, conquered “Israel” in the land of Canaan — an indication that the Israelites had already left Egypt and were living in the land.So far, evidence of the Exodus exists only as pieces of a puzzle. These fragments of history, Dayan admits, appear within different manuscripts written at different times. “People today are still looking for the one piece, the one story — the Egyptian haggadah — that will include all the elements of the story together,” she said.Comment
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From Ray Hagins in Jamaica...
I just returned from Jamaica, where I was honored to be the keynote speaker for the Annual Celebration of The Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey. This event was like no other that I had ever spoke for. It was an event filled weekend. I was honored to lay a floral tribute at the statue of Marcus Garvey in St. Ann's Bay on Saturday (after listening to a speech by the son of Marcus Garvey (Dr. Julius Garvey). Then on Sunday was the Gala Festival, for which people came from all over the island of Jamaica. It was this event for which I was the keynote speaker. It began at 6:00 a.m. and lasted until 6:00 p.m. Never before have I been to an event where a crowd of almost two thousand people stood all day long (no chairs, no mats, no blankets, etc.). I had no idea that I was listened to by so many brothers and sister there in Jamaica. I experienced an outpouring of love in a way that I simply cannot articulate.
To Sister Andrea Williams, Brother Mutabaraka, the staff of radio station IRIE-FM, and my Taino family, I wish to once again express my gratitude for blessing me with an expansion of family there in Jamaica.
In the photo below I am honored to have beside me, Brother Nkosinathi Biko (son of the late Slain South African Civil Rights Leader, Steven Bantu Biko), The Honorable Desmond Gilmore (Mayor of St. Ann's Bay), and Dr. Julius Garvey (son of the Late Hon. Marcus Garvey).
It was a weekend that I shall never forget!Comment
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As usual the Gleaner hasn't covered this. While I don't agree with his stand on the veracity of the Bible, definitely Ray Hagins is playing an important role by encouraging people to study the Bible and history.Last edited by Tropicana; 08-21-2013, 10:01 PM.Comment
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It stawt off wid Taino Libations, from real Taino ppl
Dr Ray comes in bout the 3h20min mark.Last edited by Emperah; 09-09-2013, 03:10 PM.Comment
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Excellent. Glad you located this. I look forward to hearing it. Is this what I missed last week?Comment
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it is plausible either that the king passed monotheism onto the Jews or that they could have influenced his theology);
Which directly contradicts the bible... given it gives the impression that the proto jews were supposed to be monothesistic...
Academics have narrowed the time period during which the Exodus might have occurred to the reign of three kings, or pharoahs, who are first called such in Egyptian texts. First was King Akhenaten, who reportedly brought monotheism to Egypt (as Dayan believes that groups of Hebrews resided in Egypt since the beginning of Jewish history, it is plausible either that the king passed monotheism onto the Jews or that they could have influenced his theology); next was Ramses II, who moved the Egyptian capital to the delta where many “Habirus” — or Hebrews — resided and also near to where the haggadah says that Israelites “built treasure cities Pitom and Ramses” for Pharoah; and then there is Merneptah Stele, the son of Ramses II who, among his many conquests, conquered “Israel” in the land of Canaan — an indication that the Israelites had already left Egypt and were living in the land.So far, evidence of the Exodus exists only as pieces of a puzzle. These fragments of history, Dayan admits, appear within different manuscripts written at different times. “People today are still looking for the one piece, the one story — the Egyptian haggadah — that will include all the elements of the story together,” she said.
All anecdotal and self contradictory...Comment
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Since onoo love and anecdotal evidence. See bolding:
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FISH STORY?
Finally, while I was in Bir El Suleman waiting for a truck to navigate the sands of the El Zuqba peninsula, my Sinai guide invited me to dine on a fish caught in Lake Bardawil. The name of the fish? It was the samak Musa. It is a flounder, a fish that seems to be only half a fish. The Bedouins named it in honor of Moses, who they claim split Lake Bardawil and with it, some of the fish it contained.
QUAIL
On my brief (one day) expedition to El Zuqba in 2005, I first stopped at a nature preserve on the eastern side of Lake Bardawil in the Zaranick area. There I was told by my guide that to this day quail migrating from the north sometimes just about fall out of the sky along the sand-spit after crossing the Mediterranean Sea. He claimed that these current fact corresponds well with the story of quail doing likewise to feed the Israelites after complained to Moses about a lack of meat (despite having livestock with them). In fact, after the story of the sweet water in Exodus 15:25, the Israelites visited only one more named place (Elim) before arriving at the wilderness of Sin (between Elim and the Sinai). Elim itself was still “by the water” (Lake Bardawil or the Mediterranean if not just the twelves springs of water cited in Exodus 15:27). But between the Mediterranean, Lake Bardawil, and the interior of Sinai today we find at Zaranick a bird sanctuary – and it is located in an area with salt evaporation ponds. The area is a wildnerness, as is described in Exodus 16:1. The description of birds raining down from heaven is given in Exodus 16:4-13. It is in perfect sequence with what happens there today, although the quail usually migrate south in the fall, and the event described was in the spring just after the fifteenth day of the second month from their departure from Egypt (probably around May). However, for those not satisfied with the simple explanation that God drove the quail south out of season, know that there have, from time to time, been a number of events known as mini-ice ages cause by volcanic eruptions or even asteroid impacts that have chilled Europe and other areas in the summers. Such an event could have cause a colder than usual spring, driving the quail south at that time. It is true that some quail fall in the southern part of the Sinai, but not in numbers sufficient to feed a large population.
MANNA
My guide at the Zaranick Nature Preserve also informed me that the area of the nearby desert experiences something like manna to this day. Apparently, according to Friedrich Bodenheimer, a Hebrew University botanical expert, it is a sweet resinous secretion that the Bedouins of North Sinai still refer to this excretion as man (Hebrew word used in Exodus). Bedouins still used it as a sweetener. It is on the list of exports from the Sinai peninsula. Further, its supplier is registered in every botanical index of the Middle East (Tamarix Mannifera, Ehr). This product is derived from the tamarisk tress which grows best in salt-deserts or by the seashore (the very nature of the north Sinai coast).
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