Greek – Black History In The Bible

15 Nov

Love God and Love People

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The most important thing in this life is to love God and love people (Mark 12:28-31)

12 Nov

10th Century A.D. Islamic Commentary on “Negroes”-Nubians, Bijah (Beja), Zaghawah, the Murawah (Meroe), the Istan, and the Barbar (Berbers)-Nabataeans

Black History In The Bible0 CommentsCommentaries, Historical References1900s, 1970, 900s, Black, Columbia University Press, Greek, Medieval

Source: The Fihrist of Al-Nadim: A Tenth-Century Survey of Muslim Culture (Columbia University Press) 1970 A.D Note: Page 35 of the source. Note: Page 36 of the source. Note: Page 730 of the source. Note: Page 731 of the source. Note: Page 811 of the source. Note: Page 863 of the source. Note: Page 917 of the source. Note: Page 918 of the source. This source confirms yet again that in the medieval epoch Berbers were seen as being black. The Himyarite connection to the Abyssinians is confirmed yet again. The multi-cultural nature of the Nubians is confirmed because they…

10 Nov

According To Ancient Historians Like Strabo and Roman Lucius Annaeus Florus, Cleopatra was Identified as an Egyptian

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Source: Cleopatra and Egypt (Wiley-Blackwell) 2008 A.D. Note: Page 1 to 2 of the source. Note: Page 7 of the source. Note: Page 7 of the source. Note: Page 8 of the source. Note: Page 8 of the source. This source adds vital context to the subject regarding Cleopatra's ethnicity. First, it establishes that some ancient scholars classified her as being an Egyptian, not as a Greek so that immediately sets the tone for how she was viewed culturally. The rest of the source provides evidence that there were black Egyptians and Egyptians were often viewed as being black in…

10 Nov

The Term “Ethiopian” was Used For Black Peoples in Northeastern Africa and the Term “Maurus” Referred To Black Peoples in Northwestern Africa

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Source: Black History and Black Identity: A Call for a New Historiography (Greenwood Publishing Group) 2002 A.D. Note: Page 36 of the source. Note: Page 37 of the source. Note: Page 95 of the source. Note: Page 95 of the source. Note: Page 96 of the source. Note: Page 97 of the source. Note: Page 97 of the source. Note: Page 98 of the source. Note: Page 100 of the source. This source clarifies several things. First, both the words Ethiopian and Maurus were used as generic terms for black peoples yet they were associated with different regions. The term…

10 Nov

In 1814 A.D. , it was Noted that the Language of the Jews, Greeks, and Romans Could Be Found in the Congo

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Source: A general collection of ... voyages and travels, digested by J. Pinkerton, Volume 16 (Oxford University) 1814 A.D. Note: Page 590 of the source. Note: Page 592 to 593 of the source. Note: Page 593 of the source. The fact that Hebrew, Greek, and Latin connections all show potentially show the migration of Shemitic and Hamitic peoples from Arabia all the way to the Congo and other places in Africa. Remember, Israelites spoke Greek and Latin, at least those who lived amongst the Greeks and Romans, so it makes sense why we find those languages in Africa because this…

03 Nov

Three Tribes of Ethiopians were the Hesperians, Garamantes, and Indians

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Source: Ethiopia and India: Fusion and Confusion in British Orientalism (Open Edition Journals) 2016 A.D. From the source, " In fact, Jones and Wilford, whether deliberately or not, whether directly or indirectly, are responding to explicit claims that reach back to Greek antiquity. Speculation about the race and origins of Indians and Ethiopians occurs as early as Herodotus, who observes that Indians are “all black-skinned, like the Ethiopians.” He adds: “Their semen, too, which they ejaculate into the women, is not white like other men’s, but black like their skin, and resembles in this respect that of the Ethiopians” (3.101).…

02 Nov

Jews Are Further West than Carthage

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Source: CARTHAGE (Jewish Encyclopedia) 1906 A.D. From the source, " The city, called ("New City") in native inscriptions (Lidzbarski, "Nordsemitische Epigraphik," i. 365), is mentioned in Jewish writings since Talmudic times only as ("Ḳarthigini"), a name equivalent to the Byzantine form Kαρϑαγένη and in agreement with the Syriac (Payne Smith, "Thes. Syr." cols. 3744, 3765), the Greek form Kαρχηδών being found with the latter. Notwithstanding the peculiar form, perhaps chosen with reference to the founder Dido ( + γυνή, "Woman-City"), the Hebrew word certainly designates Carthage in Africa, not Cartagena in Spain... Although Carthage is not mentioned in the Bible,…

30 Oct

The Word “Melas” and “Kyanos” Was Used Interchangeably For Both Egyptians and Ethiopians in the Hesiod

Truth Ministries0 CommentsHistorical References, Research & Studies1900s, 1978, African, Black, Brown, Egyptian, Egyptians, Ethiopians, Generation, Greek, Oxford University Press, West

Source: Hesiod's Theogony (Oxford University Press) 1978 A.D. Note: Page 292 of the source. Dr. Martin West (the author of the Hesiod Works source) is regarded as being the most brilliant scholar in regards to Greek translations in his generation, so the fact that he said both Ethiopians and Egyptians were kyaneos or kyanoi (dark) tells you everything you need to know about how the Ethiopians and Egyptian both looked in the eyes of the early Greeks. These were both groups of black peoples of varying shades of brown and black hues and hair textures. Kyaneos and melas were used…

30 Oct

Melas, Kelainos, and Kyaneos were Applied to Egyptians, Ethiopians, Colchians, and Indians-Aigyptios was a Metonym for “dark”-The Root Word for Phaeacians (Phoenicians) was Phaios Which Meant Dark or Dusky Skin

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Source: The Science of Man in Ancient Greece (University of Chicago Press) 2001 A.D. Note: Page 21 of the source. Note: Page 21 of the source. These source shows that the same Greek descriptive, color words were used for Egyptians, Ethiopians, Colchians, and Indians: all peoples who were considered to be black by some ancient historians. The Greek word "phaios" meant dark or dusky skin.

28 Oct

Noted by Flavius Josephus is that Cleodemus (Malchus) Believed Africa was Named After Descendants of Abraham Through Keturah

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Source: Malchus (Jewish Encyclopedia) 1906 A.D. From the source, "Hellenistic writer of the second century B.C. His Semitic name, "Malchus," a very common one in Phenicia and Syria but not met with among the Jews, combined with the pagan traditions abounding in his work, has given rise to discussions concerning his origin. Ewald supposes him to have been a Phenician; Herzfeld, a Syrian; Freudenthal endeavors to prove that he was a Samaritan; and Schürer holds that he must have been either a Jew or a Samaritan. Cleodemus was the author of a history of the Jews in Greek, in which Jewish traditions…