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26 Oct

The Ancient, Anonymous Text Known as “Joseph and Aseneth”-Jacob’s Hair Was Like an Ethiopian (His Hairs were “Close” and Exceedingly “Thick”)

Truth Ministries0 CommentsCommentaries, Historical References2000s, 2008, Ethiopian, Israelites, Jacob, OUP USA

Source: When Aseneth Met Joseph: A Late Antique Tale of the Biblical Patriarch and His Egyptian Wife, Reconsidered (Oxford University Press, USA) 1998 A.D. Note: Page 78 of the source. This source can be used to point to the Ethiopian likeness that it was believed that ancient Israelites like Jacob (Israel himself) had. This ancient text tells us that Jacob's hair was close and thick like an Ethiopian.

25 Oct

Both Shem and Ham Had Brown and White Complexions

Truth Ministries0 CommentsHistorical References, The Shemites2000s, 2008, Brown, Color, cursed, dark-skinned, Hamitic, Israel, Japheth, OUP USA, Shem, White

Source: The History of al-Ṭabarī: An Annotated Translation, Vol. 2: Prophets and Patriarchs (State University of New York Press) 1987 A.D. Note: Page 18 of the source. Note: Page 19 of the source. Note: Page 19 of the source. This source confirms that in Islamic thought Shem and Ham both had brown and white complexions amongst their peoples. This is important because it contradicts the old Church tradition that all "brown" or "black" people come from Ham and proves that Shem did have "brown" descendants who we can equate to being dark-skinned peoples. This source can also be used to…