Ten Tribes Studies (18 March, 2013, Nisan 7, 5773)
Contents:
1. Cristian Sildan: Were the Hyksos Two Different Peoples, Israelites and Amalekites?
2. Israel Scenes: Views from Tell Shiloh taken by Pinchas
3. Steven Dotson seeks to buy Herman Hoeh book
4. Reply to Criticism Concerning  the Equality of Mankind
5. Recent Compliments to Brit-Am
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1. Cristian Sildan: Were the Hyksos Two Different Peoples, Israelites and Amalekites?
Re: Brit-Am Now no. 2030: Ten Tribes Studies
#2. Question on the Hyksos, Israelite Shepherd Kings of Ancient Egypt
Immanuel Velikovsky, David Rohl, and H. Hoeh
Peace Yair, Concerning the Hycsos, maybe there's a confusion: maybe the original ones were Israelite, but after Moses and owing to the depopulation of Egypt they were replaced by Amalekites. And then there was a confusion due to the common origin of these two from Isaac.
All the best,
Cristian
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Brit-Am Reply: That was the suggestion of David Rohl ("A Test of Time", 1995). Egypt had been stricken by plagues and was severely weakened. The Amalekites came in and took over. On their way to Egypt, they had met the Israelites in the Wilderness and attacked them.
Perhaps a parallel may be found between the Hebrew dominance over Egypt in Hycsos times and the much later Mamluke former-slave rulership of Egypt in Muslim times?
(1250-1517 and remaining powerful until 1811).
HISTORY OF THE MAMELUKES
Extracts:
The Abbasid caliphs of Baghdad [800s CE] unwittingly create a group of considerable power in the Middle East. To strengthen their armies, they acquire slaves from the nomadic Turks of central Asia. These slaves, who become known as Mamelukes (from the Arabic mamluk, 'owned'), distinguish themselves in the service of the caliphate and are often given positions of military responsibility. Well placed to advance their own interests, they frequently take the opportunity.
The first Mameluke to seize extensive power is Ahmad ibn Tulun. In the early 870s he takes control of Egypt. By 877 he has conquered the Mediterranean coast through Palestine and up into Syria.
This first Mameluke dynasty lasts only a few decades, until 905. But the Mamelukes retain their importance and power throughout the Middle East. They have the natural strength of a small, self-aware military elite. They speak their own Turkish language in addition to the Arabic of their official masters (the weak caliphs in Baghdad, whose rule technically extends throughout the Muslim Middle East). And they constantly replenish their numbers with new recruits from the fierce tribes of central Asia and the Caucasus.
The decade beginning in 1250 provides a succession of dramatic events in Egypt, Palestine, Syria and Mesopotamia. In 1250 the last sultan of Saladin's dynasty is murdered in Egypt by the slaves of the palace guard. This enables a Mameluke general, Aybak, to take power....
In.. 1258, Baghdad and the caliphate suffer a devastating blow. Mongols, led by Hulagu, grandson of Genghis Khan, descend upon the city and destroy it. The Middle East appears to be open to conquest and destruction.
In 1259 Hulagu and the Mongols take Aleppo and Damascus. The coastal plain and the route south to Egypt seem open to them. But in 1260 at Ayn Jalut, near Nazareth, they meet the army of the Mameluke sultan of Egypt. It is led into the field by Baybars, a Mameluke general.
In one of the decisive battles of history Baybars defeats the Mongols. It is the first setback suffered by the family of Genghis Khan in their remorseless half century of expansion. This battle defines for the first time a limit to their power. It preserves Palestine and Syria for the Mameluke dynasty in Egypt. Mesopotamia and Persia remain within the Mongol empire.
During his reign of seventeen years Baybars crushes the Assassins in their last strongholds in Syria, drives the crusaders from Antioch, and extends the rule of Egypt across the Red Sea to control the valuable pilgrim cities of Mecca and Medina.
In exercising this extensive rule, Baybars takes the precaution of pretending that he does so on behalf of an Abbasid refugee from the ruins of Baghdad - whom he acclaims as the caliph. His many successors maintain the same fiction. These Mameluke sultans are not a family line, like a traditional dynasty. They are warlords from a military oligarchy who fight and scheme against each other to be acclaimed sultan, somewhat in the manner of the later Roman emperors.
But they manage to keep power in their own joint hands until the rise of a more organized state sharing their own Turkish origins - the Ottoman empire.
... in 1517 the Ottoman sultan, Selim I,... captures and hangs the last Mameluke sultan.
As a disciplined caste of soldiers and administrators, the Mamelukes are of use to the Ottoman sultans in the administration of middle eastern regions. By the 18th century they have recovered so much power in Egypt that they are beyond the control of the Ottoman governors of the province. And from 1749 Baghdad is officially ruled by Mamelukes as a province within the empire.
Eventually their power proves intolerable. Ottoman troops massacre the Mamelukes in Egypt in 1811, and destroy their counterparts in Baghdad in 1831.
[From 1805 to 1952, Egypt was ruled by Mahomet Ali, an Albanian general serving in the Ottoman army. He seized control of Egypt and forced the Ottomans to recognize him as governor. Mahomat and his descendants were virtually independent and even opposed to the Ottomans but continued to formally recognize them until 1914.
From 1882 the British had been the de facto Egypt but maintained descendants of Mahomet Ali as figurehead rulers. In 1922 the British formally granted Egypt its independence but a British military presence remained until 1954.
The last ruling descendant of Mahomat Ali was King Farouk who tried to exert real influence over the country but was forced to abdicate in 1952. Egypt was declared a republic in 1953.
Farouk like many other leading Egyptians had been pro-Nazi and hoped for a German invasion.
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2. Israel Scenes: Views from Tell Shiloh
Taken by Pinchas
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3. Steven Dotson seeks to buy Herman Hoeh book
At 03:35 PM 3/17/2013, Steven Dotson wrote:
From: Westwardtrek <westwardtrek@sbcglobal.net>
Dear Yair,
You mentioned the late Israelite scholar, Herman Hoeh, in this newsletter. Do you know anyone who would be willing to sell a set (2 volumes) of his masterful "Compendium of World History"?Â
Hoping this finds you in good health and spirits.
Best regards,
Steven Dotson
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4. Reply to Criticism Concerning the Equality of Mankind
Cherie wrote:
Hi Yair,
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Someone wrote to me the following, and I wondered what Britam would say in response to this statement:
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"Every human being on this planet, traces back to the DNA of 2 ancestral Grandmothers from the plains of Africa. When they crossed to Europe walking in low tides, that started humans as we know them. Over time one family section went right to Asia. The other left to Europe. We are ALL the generations of one or the other. One Family. Why the hell are we killing each other as all the family of man are inter related? Churches and Politics do this with human greed....
....With such ignorance, see how humanity is so screwed up. Start with truth. Start building family values then totally remodel our world as one family of man clustered together on a rock in an outer galaxy. Time to come of age."
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Brit-Am Reply:
Shalom,
We do not have to answer every criticism or comment. Some people are not interested in an answer. No matter what one says, when speaking to deniers of the truth it is liable to be misinterpreted or deliberately twisted.
Nevertheless, we may say that the Almighty created humanity as the descendants of one ancestor. There is a common denominator to each and every one of us.
On the other hand differences exist that every one in a de facto manner recognizes. These differences may be the outcome of environment or of other factors. Whatever the case, they exist.
God gave us the Bible. The Bible explains things. The Bible gives a better explanation than science does. Science always changes. The science of today is not that of a hundred years ago. Another hundred years from now it will be different again. The Bible remains the same though our understanding of it may be modified as we progress.
Anyone who believes in the Bible has made a personal covenant with the Almighty.
There is also a national covenant made by God with the Nation of Israel.
This is what the Bible speaks about.
We say that the People of Israel includes the Jews of Judah and the Ten Tribes of Israel amongst Western Peoples.
We prove it from the Bible and from secular sources. Our sources are explained at length and in detail in our publications and on our web-sites.
Anyone who has a problem with this is welcome to discuss by referring to our sources.
We are not prepared to discuss matters beyond the parameters of the Bible and the Bible in light of history and related studies.
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5. Recent Compliments to Brit-Am
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(a) Steven Dotson:
Recently acquired a used copy of "Role to Rule". Wonderful scholarship there, Yair! Is it ever going to be reprinted in paper form? How about "Lost Israelite Identity"?
Best,Steve
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(b) Gregory (WA, USA)
Dear Sir,
I have read some of your books and literature and believe you are right about the people of Northwest Europe, Great Britain, and the united States being descendants of the Ten Tribes. ... Hopefully people will soon discover their Israelite identity. I studied some of your references from secular sources and found them to be accurate, Thank you.