Moses – Black History In The Bible

19 Jan

A Large Community of Black Jews Lived In Dahomey After WWI

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Source: Blacks Jews The Religious Challenge (Cambridge University Press) 1987, pg. 232 "Closer to our time Dr. J. Krepel noted some time after the First World War, that a large community of Black Jews existed in the interior of Dahomey. These Jews had the five books of Moses written on old parchment in Hebrew."

04 Jan

1848 – Cush Existed On Both Sides of The Red Sea

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Source: The Christian Lady's Magazine, Volume 28 (R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside) 1848 A.D. Note: Page 135 of the source. Note: Page 135 of the source. Note: Page 136 of the source. Note: Page 136 of the source. This source confirms several things: the ancient Kingdom of Cush existed in both Africa and Arabia, the Himyarites were a black people, and a tribe of Bedaweens/Bedouins are black.

03 Jan

1880 – Brown Natives of Palestine Looked Like Black Slaves In America

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Source: Memorials of Gilbert Haven, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) 1880 A.D. Note: Page 340 of the source. Note: Page 340 of the source. Page 340 of this source confirms that some individuals in previous generations believed ancient Jews were varying shades of brown.

13 Nov

1714 – Commentary Confirms Judaism was the Religion of the Ancient Africans

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Source: For Africa ; Containing What is of Most Use in Bleau, Varenius, Cellarius, Cluverius, Baudrand, Brietius, Sanson, &c. ; With The Discoveries and Improvements of the Best Modern Authors to this Time (etc.): 4 (Nutt, John) 1714 A.D. - pg. 39 Page 39 - Left Side Page 39 - Right Side This source confirms the notion that Judaism has been native to Africa for thousands of years.

11 Nov

1899 A.D. Commentary About Black Jews having Law of Moses Written Upon Parchment

Black History In The Bible0 CommentsCommentaries, Historical References1800s, 1899, Africa, Moses, Virginia Chronicle

Source: Jewish South, Volume 11, Number 11, 24 March 1899 (Virginia Chronicle) 1899 A.D. Note: Page 12 of the source. Note: Page 12 of the source. Note: Page 12 of the source. Note: Page 13 of the source. Note: Page 13 of the source. This source confirms that ancient biblical manuscripts have been found in various places in Africa.

10 Nov

Moor was Often Used to Describe Someone of African Descent who was Black who was Believed to have Come From Ethiopia or Mauritania

Black History In The Bible0 CommentsCommentaries, Historical References2000s, 2006, African, Black, Christian, Christianity, England, Ethiopia, Europeans, Gentiles, Judaism, Light, Mauritania, Medieval, Moors, Moses, Muslim, Queen of Sheba, Racism, Skin, Solomon, Spain, White, Women, Women's History Review

Source: The sultana and her sisters: black women in the British Isles before 1530 (Women's History Review) 2006 A.D. From the source, "Black women exerted a cultural presence through their recognition inMiddle English and late medieval Scottish vernaculars. Although OldEnglish offers us little more than the word blacche (with its variant regionalspellings) for a black person [15], by the thirteenth century, Middle Englishhad acquired two key terms with which to signal non-white skin colour;More and Saracen. Each has variant regional spellings and neither isgender-specific, as both were applied equally to men and women. A third andrarer word was Sowdonesse (in…

08 Nov

The Palestinian Targum Explain That Moses’ Wife was Called a “Cushite” Not Due to Her Ethnicity, But Because She Physically Resembled a “Cushite”

One For All0 CommentsCommentaries, Historical References1989, African. east, Brown, Duke University Press, Israel, Israelites, Moses, Skin

Source: African American Religious Studies An Interdisciplinary Anthology (Duke University Press) 1989 A.D. Note: Page 112 of the source. Note: Page 113 of the source. Note: Page 114 of the source. This source confirms that individuals who were associated with Israel (e.g. Moses' wife who was called a "Cushite") who were named Cushite in the Bible physically resembled Cushites so they were extremely dark skinned. This source confirms the idea that ancient Israelites operated on a "dark colorization". This source confirms a "dark colorization" that ancient Israelites operated on because they could only produce individuals who physically resembled Ethiopians if…

08 Nov

Refuting Islamic Influence Being the Sole Reason Connections Exist Between West Africa and the Ancient Near East (ANE)

One For All0 CommentsCommentaries, Historical References2008, 70, Abraham, Africa, American, Cush, East, Eldad, Ethiopian, Frobenius Institute, Islam, Israel, Israelites, Jews, Judaism, Moses, nation, Negroes, Northern Kingdom, Phoenicians, Portuguese Jews, Serpent Worship, South Africa, southern kingdom, Tarshish, Tribe of Dan, West African, Zephaniah 3:10

Source: Islamic Feedback or Ancient near Eastern Survivals? A Reply to David Henige (Frobenius Institute) 2008 A.D. Note: Page 253 of the source. Note: Page 253 of the source. Note: Page 254 of the source. Note: Page 254 of the source. Note: Page 255 of the source. Note: Page 255 of the source. Note: Page 256 of the source. Note: Page 256 of the source. Note: Page 257 of the source. Note: Page 257 of the source. Note: Page 258 of the source. Note: Page 258 of the source. Note: Page 259 of the source. Note: Page 259 of the…

02 Nov

Girgashites (“Sons of Africa”) are Associated with Founding of Carthage

One For All0 CommentsCommentaries, Historical References1900, 1906, 70, Africa, African, Assyrians, Canaan, Christian, Egypt, Eldad, Falashas, Girgashite, Havilah, Jew, Jewish Encyclopedia, Josephus, Libya, Moses, North Africa, Palestine, Phut, Roman, Sahara, South, Tarshish, West

Source: Africa (Jewish Encyclopedia) 1906 A.D. From the source, " The Septuagint, a recognized authority in Egyptianmatters, Josephus, and Jerome, all interpret Phut as referring to Libya (Dillmann, "Die Genesis," p. 178), from which it may be assumed that the Biblical writers included in their perspective also that great expanse of territory west of Egypt called Libya, by which name ancient writers often designate the whole of Africa. Authors like Herodotus were unacquainted with any African countries to the west of Libya. Some, indeed, have endeavored to explain the Biblical Havilah as an African region; and Josephus ("Ant." i. 6,…

01 Nov

The Daughters of Zelophehad

One For All0 CommentsCommentaries, Women In Scripture1 Chron. 2:49, 2021, commentary, Egypt, Generation, Israelite, Jewish Women’s Archive, Josh 17:3–6, Joshua, Judges, Micah, Moses, Noah, Num 27: 2, Num 36:10–12, resources, Water, Women

Source: Daughters of Zelophehad: Bible (Jewish Women's Archive) 2021 A.D. From the source, "According to God’s original decree, the promised land was to be apportioned according to the “number of names” of members of the second generation; since only men were counted in the census, Zelophehad’s five daughters would be left without an inheritance. When they appeal this regulation, God agrees to implement their proposal. The story of the five daughters of Zelophehad provides legitimation of a limited right of Israelite women to inherit land. It also places specific marriage restrictions upon any women who inherit under this right. The story celebrates women’s…

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