Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Olve Utne <utne AT nvg.org>]

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:28:40 -0800, Jonathan Walther wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 03:32:53AM +0200, Yigal Levin wrote:
> >Any claim of direct Hebrew-Welsh influence would have to account for
> >the how and when of Hebrew-speakers arriving in Wales (or Welsh in
> >Israel?)
>
> That is simple, the Gymri or House of Omri migrated to Whales from 
> Northern Israel shortly before the Assyrian deportation.  They are 
> pure-blooded Israelites.  Not only is the evidence for this amazingly 
> good, but there is no evidence at all that indicates otherwise.

Dear Jonathan:

You say that the Gymri or House of Omri, by which terms you appear to refer 
to the people of Wales (please, no Wh- in Wales!) in general, "are 
pure-blooded Israelites". Which naturally leads to the question of "blood": 
What evidence can you put forth as regards the genetic composition of these 
pure-blooded Israelites? Y-chromosome of the J haplogroup? What kind/s of 
mt-DNA? Please remember that you are making quite controversial claims 
here; you will need to be able to match this strong claim up with logical, 
coherent and scientifically sound arguments -- including a high correlation 
with the genetic data of Jewish kohaním and with Samaritans -- as well as 
actually showing this evidence (rather than just implying its existence), 
*including actual references* to reliable and publically available 
scientific sources, in order to be able to be taken seriously.


Kol tub,
-Olve


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