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[QUOTE]Originally posted by rahotep101: [QB] Israelism is the notion that one's own people are the true Israelites, descending from the people of the Bible. To me it's baffling that anyone would wish to prove themselves the descendants of the least charming and most bigoted desert tribe of all the levant. It's astonishing that anyone would buy into the notion that the creator of the universe would have a 'chosen race', and especially that it would be the Hebrews of all people! (The Egyptians would make much better candidates for a chosen race. The Scots had a better idea making up an ancient connection to Egypt! Who wants to descend from the Egyptians' runaway slaves?) The roots of British Israelism (and French Israelism) are the medieval myths that have the apsotles (including Joseph of Arimathea and Mary Magdalene) coming to Western Europe. British Israelism also involves the legends that the young Jesus came to England, with his uncle Joseph of Arimatheam and hung out in Glastonbury. The idea that Joseph was a tin-trader is conjured up from nowhere. Although not impossible there is really very little early evidence for the notion. The Bible is completely focussed on the Jews and their world in the Middle East, which is one of many reasons to be suspicious of it. There is no evidence in the Bible that its parochial authors knew or cared anything about either Britain or about Sub-Saharan Africa beyond Nubia (Ethiopia). Both Britons and Africans were active in early Christianity, but the idea that either represent true Israelites is quite absurd. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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