Theos-Talk Archives (May 2000 Message tt00282)

In ref to HPB's ref that Jews originated from India - i beleive someone in
the list pointed this out a few months ago. If I can recall, the argument
was that Abraham came from A-Brahman. Ring Any bells?


nos



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-theos-talk@theosophy.com
> [mailto:owner-theos-talk@theosophy.com]On Behalf Of Bart Lidofsky
> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 12:57 AM
> To: theos-talk@theosophy.com
> Subject: Re: Theos-World Anti-Semitism
>
>
> Teos9@aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 05/24/00 12:23:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > bartl@sprynet.com writes:
> >
> > <<   From Christian sources, I have heard that the Africans are
> called the
> >  "Hamitic" people, and the people from the Far East are
> supposedly descended
> > from
> >  "Yapheth". >>
> >
> > Thanks again Bart. Do you have any idea how Jewish or non
> Christian sources
> > answer the question of who were the descendants of Ham and Yapheth? I
> > appreciate your feedback.
>
>     Actually, I don't. Not that the information is necessarily
> not there, but I
> never bothered to find out. In the two cases I outlined, the
> supposed Hamitic
> anscestry of the Africans was used as an excuse for the
> enslavement of Africans
> by the Europeans (don't make me go into THAT one; I would be required to
> actually do some additional research to give a full picture).
>
>     Bart Lidofsky
>
>
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