Brit-Am Now no. 2549

Ten Tribes Studies (31 December 2015, 19 Tevet, 5776)

Contents:
1. New Article. DNA and Sunshine
Environmental Influence Versus Heredity?
2. Letter from Margaret  Gangte Claiming the Japanese are Israelites!
3. Orjan Svensson: Subject: Celts/Hebrews of south Scandinavia
4. New comments on  Brit-Am video clips
5. Ancient North African Lineages in Scotland?
6. Purchasing in Pounds Sterling
7. Spain and Ancestry
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1. New Article. DNA and Sunshine
Environmental Influence Versus Heredity?
http://hebrewnations.com/articles/race/sunshine.html

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2. Letter from Margaret  Gangte Claiming the Japanese are Israelites!
Re
The Japanese are not Hebrews!
http://britam.org/Questions/QuesJapan.html

Margaret  Gangte wrote:
I read  the article taken from  one Japanese lady  by the name Kino asserting  to prove  that Japanese are not Hebrews  through  DNA study.
 
Here are my responses:
 
I have studied  DNA findings  on  the  so-called lost tribes of Ysrael. I found  the research on DNA  an absolute  non-sense. 
 
Firstly,  Ysraelites were already  a mixed race from the ore-historic  days  of Moshe. The Bible  recorded  the instances  of  Ysraelites married to gentiles  women from  the neighborhood throughout  ancient days.  In exile, Ysraelites  surely would marry  other races  through  hundreds of years. How could one trace  through DNA the origin  of people Hebrew Kingdom today?  It is impossible.
 
 We must take note that Ysraelites were commanded  to maintain their  purity  of  blood. But  this  commandment was broken  through  centuries. Therefore, Ysrael  is completely lost  today. They cannot be traced by  scientific method such as DNA study.
 
Secondly, nobody knows the DNA of Abraham to prove his descendants today.
 
 Thirdly,  the  identity  of Ysraelites  cannot  be  established by scholar research  completely.  Study  on  culture and traditions can trace  the link  in the case of Hebrews.   The culture and customs cannot  die although  the gene  may disappear.
 
Regarding  the Japanese lady  who refuted  the origin of  Japanese origin  to Hebrew ancestry,  please ask  the Japanese Lady Kino to  explain   how the  thousands of Japanese words  not understood in Japanese  can be understood in Hebrew? The Japanese scholars themselves identified  over 1, 000 words in Japanese that belonged to  Hebrew word. The origin of Japanese script  is  not known. But it can be traced to the writing  of paleo Hebrew. How is this possible?
 
Please ask the Japanese  lady  Kino  to explain  how  the stories written in the Torah get reflected    in the Japanese  folk stories?
 
Please ask the Japanese Lady Kino to explain  how such word like 'Praise Yah' is sung  in Kumamoto shrine?
 
Conclusion:
In order to establish  the  identity  of lost tribes of Israel, the scholar must know the  followings:
1. Torah (from Genesis to Revelation)
2.Culture History
3. Human Migration pattern
4. Science and its false theory of evolution
5. Most importantly,  the scholar  has to be guided by  the  Ruah HaKodesh and need to be an  Ysraelite  by bloodline.
 
Lastly, Please ask  the Japanese lady Kino  why  are Chinese and Koreans  not   in  good relationship with the Japanese if they share  the same gene and heritage as she claims?
 
Human knowledge alone cannot  establish  the identity  of  12 tribes of Ysrael.
 
Kind Regards,
Margaret  Gangte
New Delhi, India

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Brit-Am Reply:
We looked up the surname Gangte.
Gangte people

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangte_people

 It is the name of one of the Zo tribes.
Zo people

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zo_people
The Zo, also known as the Mizo, the Kuki, the Chin, the Zomi and a number of other names, are a large group of related Tibeto-Burman tribal peoples spread throughout the northeastern states of India, northwestern Myanmar (Burma), and the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. In northeastern India, they are present in: Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur and Assam.

These are the people who claim to be the Bnei Manasseh in the India-Burma borderland region.
A few hundred of them were accepted by the Israeli rabbinate converted to Judaism and now live in Israel.

We do not believe they are descended from the Ten Tribes but since they convert in an accepted conversion it is not a matter we wish to be involved in.
The Mizo corroborated with the Japanese in WW2 whereas other Burmese tribes did not.

We see in the letter here above  a Mizo personage arguing in favor of the Japanese belonging to the Ten Tribes.

The person is also a Christian.

We will write a reply to this letter later.
Meanwhile if anyone else wishes to comment they are welcome to do so.
The only stipulation is that they who comment avoid bringing up arguments from Christian Theology.
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3. Orjan Svensson: Subject: Celts/Hebrews of south Scandinavia

Shalom,
My impression now is that inhabitants of south Sweden and Denmark probably also called themselves Celts and were part of Celtic culture. The Bjorketorp monument with its runic inscription was previously, in the 15th century, known as Galta stene, which I now think probably meant Celtic stones. Nearby is also Galtsjon, probably meaning the "Celtic lake". The term Celt I think probably came from Gilead. Several Celtic style artefacts have been found in Iron Age environments of South Scandinavia. The name Scandinavia I think probably meant Scythian coastland, but it is also believed to have been influenced by the name Scania, then southermost province of Sweden. I think now that Scania may have got its name from Canaan, so that Scandinavia (or should we maybe say "SCnanaandinavia"?) maybe also ultimately is etymologically related.

Regards,
Orjan

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4. New comments on  Brit-Am video clips

(a) Israelite Origins of the Scythians
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwN5qbUjoaQ
Mark Seagoe
Josephus says Scythians were Maggogites. Jews are from Shem, Scyths from Japheth.

(b) The Unicorn and Israel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvnEVXcs_nw
daniel wayne
very interesting, Yair
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5. Ancient North African Lineages in Scotland?
"Onika Nugent"
Subject: re: Ancestry
"Scotland's DNA also found that more than 1% of all Scotsmen are direct descendants of the Berber and Tuareg tribesmen of the Sahara, a lineage which is around 5600 years old."
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-17740638
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6. Purchasing in Pounds Sterling
From: Bob&Jane
Subject: Differing Currency
 
Dear Yair,
The Israelite Identity of Celtic Races (27 October 2015, 14 Cheshvan, 5776), the price shown is in USdollars.
How can I pay for the book when the UK currency is in Pounds Sterling?

kind regards
Jane
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Brit-Am Reply:

According to Google:
Entering:
$35 in pounds sterling
Gives the answer:

35 US Dollar equals
23.61 British Pound
 
So deposit in PayPal or send us 23 pounds.
God bless you
Yair
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7. Spain and Ancestry
 From: cascante
Re: Ancestry

What about Spain, specifically the City of Cascante, where there is the oldest synagogue in Spain. In the Navarra State?
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Brit-Am Reply:
See our article:

SPAIN AND THE  JEWS by Yair Davidy
http://britam.org/spain.html
Extract:
An area on the West Coast of Spain is referred to in the Bible as Tarshish. Some say that the name Tarshish could also be applied to the Atlantic Ocean region in general. King Solomon together with the Phoenician King Hiram of Tyre sent ships to Tarshish. The prophet Yonah attempted to flee to Tarshish. Spain at that time was relatively sparsely populated. After ca. 700 BCE a population of people of Phoenician culture came to Spain. They bore Hebraic-like names and were pushed from the southeast coast to the northwest and from there moved to the British Isles and Gaul. They had arrived after the destruction of the Northern Kingdom of Israel (in ca. 720 BCE) and Irish legends and other factors suggest that they may have been of Israelite descent. At all events their religious practices were largely pagan and in that sense they were not Jewish. These people had brought with them the knowledge of iron processing. After the Phoenicians there was an upsurge in the cultural level of native Spanish peoples as well as invasions of groups such as the Carthaginians from North Africa.  The Carthaginians believed themselves to be descended from the ancient Canaanites whom the Israelites had driven out of the Promised Land.  The presence of this element in Spain could partly explain the vicious anti-Semitism and outright sadism later displayed by a portion of the Spanish population. In the north and west of Spain there later emerged a people of Celtic culture.