Have you heard about these African Hebrews?

Question

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemba
http://www.falasha-recordings.co.uk/teachings/ras.html
http://www.mindspring.com/~jaypsand/
Isnt it racist to deny the African origins of Judaism?

Answer 1

Yes, I have. However is should be noted that Judaism is not to be confuse with Hebrewism.

Hebrews practice the laws and commandment from Yahweh and his son Yahshua(Yahoshua).

The Falasha Hebrews knew nothing about Judaism, the only reason they practice Judaism was because it was require for them to return to the land. They knew nothing of Judaism the Talmud or TANAKH, they only knew the law Torah. This was because Judaism was created by rabbi's and Jews and they never came into contact with this because it date back to the 3rd century c.e, whereas Hebrewism date back to the time of Moses.

Most Hebrews do not practice Judaism, Judaism is a corruption of Hebrewism. Like the Lemba call theirself "Original Hebrew"

As I said Judaism is a corruption of Hebrewism created by rabbi's not the original word of Yah.

"African Origins"? Did you the the "curse of Ham myth" started 1000 years before the slave trade?
"The name of Cush, Ham's eldest son, came to mean 'black' in Hebrew. Early Jewish scholars used this passage, and the idea that the Hamitic people were to be a "servant of servants", to rationalize the Israelite subjugation of Cush's younger brother, Canaan. These scholars, working around the 6th century AD, introduced the idea that the sons of Ham were marked by dark skin."

Tacitus on the Israelites
"Some say that the Israelites were fugitives from the island of Crete, who settled on the nearest coast of Africa about the time when Saturn was driven from his throne by the power of Jupiter...". "Others assert that in the reign of Isis the overflowing population of Egypt, led by Hierosolymus and Judas, discharged itself into the neighboring countries.
Many, again, say that they were a race of Ethiopian origin, who in the time of king Cepheus were driven by fear and hatred of their neighbors to seek a new dwelling-place"

Answer 2

wow I can really use this against you

Terah, Abraham's father, came from the land of Ur of the Chaldees which was located in the southern
part of the Euphrates

kind of says that Abraham was not black do sent it...

as for the Lemba and the falasha I fully admit their Israelite heritage but that should not be confused with every back person that is alive today. We are talking about 100,000 people in a continent of 300 million!

to make such a comment is ridiculous.

The Falasha have a 3,000 year unbroken tradition of their Jewish heritage and that was never denied. The Lemba also have a Jewish tradition as well as having a equal rate of the Cohen Modal Haplotype, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y-chromosomal_Aaron as do modern Sefardic AND Ashkinazi Jews.

Besides for these groups for a African American (who has know knowlge of where he came from in Africa) to claim that he is of Hebrew decent is like a man from Poland saying he is a direct decenant of Gengas Kahan (its posible but the odds are something like 1 :100,000)

Answer 3

Yes, I have heard of at least one of these tribes. It was a really interesting story! The tribe I saw on National Geographic actually had some DNA work done, and at least one chromosome was directly matched with a chromosome only found in the Jewish race. On top of that, they have Jewish music and customs and stories.

I don't know about denying the "African origins" of Judaism, though. These people are desendents of refugees from Judea from many centuries ago, not rootstock! The only times we have recorded Jews living in Africa, the people were there as 1. Mesopotamian-stock herdsmen, as refugees from a severe famine (Isreal and family) 2. refugees from war in Isreal (when Nebuccanezzer kicked their butts) and 3. deliberate colonists just before the turn of the first millenia (Elephantine Jews).

Abraham, the nomad, was originally from what is now Iraq/Iran. So was his wife (Sarai), and his son's wife (Rebecca). One concubine was Egyptian, but her bloodline doesn't appear in the Jewish histories. Her son (Ishmael) married an Egyptian girl. They are not considered Jewish, only Arabic.

Answer 4

There have been Jews in the Sudan for thousands of years. But just because they are there does not mean Judaism originated in Africa. One does not follow the other.