BRILL – Black History In The Bible

03 Nov

Part of Shem’s Allotment is in Africa

One For All0 CommentsCommentaries, Historical References2009, Africa, BRILL, Japheth, Light, Mediterranean, Shem, West Africa

Source: The Dead Sea Genesis Apocryphon: A New Text and Translation with Introduction and Special Treatment of Columns 13-17 (Brill) 2009 A.D. Note: Page 111 of the source. Note: Page 111 of the source. Note: Page 111 of the source. Note: Page 111 of the source. Note: Page 112 of the source. Note: Page 112 of the source. Note: Page 112 of the source. This source confirms the notion that Afra, Fara, and Aferag were all early terms for Africa. This means that a part of Shem's allotment lays in Africa, especially West Africa. The Mediterranean is the point in…

03 Nov

Egyptians and Ethiopians were Associated as Being Black or Having Woolly Hair

One For All0 CommentsHistorical References, The Hamites1900s, 1999, Black, Blonde, BRILL, Egyptians, Ethiopians, Roman, White

Source: Ancient Greeks West and East: Edited (BRILL) 1999 A.D. Note: Page 51 of the source. Note: Page 52 of the source. Note: Page 60 of the source. Note: Page 71 of the source. This source confirms that both Egyptians and Ethiopians in Greco-Roman thought were black people who existed on a "dark colorization". This source has ancient remarks that reaffirm the notion that some thought blacks were amazing, had no problem with them, and that everyone was equal. This notion also reaffirms the notion that some thought less of blacks by liking them to be cowards. Please note that…

03 Nov

In 754 A.D. , the Arab Cavalry Recoiled Due To the Color of the Moors Skin

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Source: Ibn García's Shuʻūbiyya Letter Ethnic and Theological Tensions in Medieval Al-Andalus (Brill) 2003 A.D. Note: Page 71 of the source. This source confirms that skin color of the Moors stood out in comparison to other peoples. We know the Moors had black skin which is why their skin color was deemed repulsive to some.

30 Oct

The Tribe of Dan, Asher, and Zebulon Were Nautical Peoples

One For All0 CommentsCommentaries, Historical References1900s, 1963, Black, BRILL, hebrew, Israelite, Israelites, Judge, Phoenician, Tribe of Dan, Women

Source: Congress Volume Bonn 1962 (Brill) 1963 A.D. Note: Page 21 of the source. Note: Page 22 of the source. Note: Page 22 of the source. This source confirms that the Danaan's could indeed have been the Tribe of Dan. This source also confirms that the Hebrew-Phoenician colonies were cosmopolitan societies in which any ethnic group could partake of. Please utilize discernment regarding some of the "mythological" aspects of them. I primarily believe they may have been of the tribe of Dan and the fact that they were described as being black confirms the notion that there were black Israelites.…

25 Oct

That Shem was Black and Pleasing in Early Manuscripts

Truth Ministries0 CommentsHistorical References, The Shemites2000s, 2010, Black, BRILL, Jews, Shem, White

Source: Creole Jews: Negotiating Community in Colonial Suriname (BRILL) 2010 A.D. Note: Page 133 of the Creole Jews source. This source confirms yet again Shem was white washed, Jews were considered to be black at one point, and that the some of the early colonial Jews could be classified as being black and mixed people of varying shades.