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Re: Babylonian Jewry

From: "Jonathan D. Safren" <yonsaf AT beitberl.beitberl.ac.il>
To: peter_kirk AT sil.org
Cc: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: Babylonian Jewry
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 14:51:53 +0200

peter_kirk AT sil.org wrote:

> others have recently moved to Israel. Their history is obscure, but
> many people hold that they are descendants of the Babylonian Jews.
> Others have suggested that they are descendants of the lost northern
> tribes,.
>

If my memory serves me correctly, I believe it was the late Israeli President
Yitzhak
ben Zvi whosuggested, in one of his books, that Jews of Norther Iraq, Iran,
Caucasus,
etc. are descended from the exiles of Northern Israel.
Someone please correct me on this one.
--
Jonathan D. Safren
Dept. of Biblical Studies
Beit Berl College
Beit Berl Post Office 44905
Israel

Babylonian Jewry, Robert Vining, 11/20/1999
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Babylonian Jewry, Jonathan Bailey, 11/20/1999
- Re: Babylonian Jewry, Jonathan D. Safren, 11/21/1999
- Re: Babylonian Jewry, peter_kirk, 11/22/1999
- Re: Babylonian Jewry, Jonathan D. Safren, 11/22/1999
- Re: Babylonian Jewry, shella, 11/22/1999