Posted on 06/02/2013 11:44:04 AM PDT by Jandy on Genesis
Cultural anthropology and genetic studies shed light on the etiology of the association of blood and rebirth or resurrection. The anthropological, linguistic and genetic evidence indicates that Abraham's ancestors were Proto-Saharan, probably Nubians. Nubians have their own genetic marker which indicates migration from the sub-Sahara to the Nile and there has been virtually no immigration into the lower Nubia area from Asia according to the Y chromosome study done by Lucotte.
Among the Nubians the sun was a central symbol of life and often shown as a red orb. This lent the additional association with the red eye of Horus. In this ancient relief we see baboons facing the sun. Baboons chatter at the rising sun. (In other versions two lions or two leopards face away from the sun. They are sentinels or guards.) The ankh or cross symbol is found over the heads of the baboons.
Between the baboons is the dung beetle or scarab. Among Abraham's Horite caste the heart was the single organ that was not extracted from the mummified body. All the other organs were removed and stored in canopic jars. The heart was the essential organ when it came to resurrection of the body, as it would be weighed in the afterlife. The body of the pure-heart would rise from the dead, as the sun rises in the morning. This is the significance of the dung beetle scarab placed over the mummy's heart.
Some claim that this image represents Duat which they interpret as the cycle of reincarnation or the transmigration of souls. However, the Duat of ancient Egypt is not the same as Samsara. It is about the mirror image of the cosmos patterned on the Sun's rising and setting. The long expected ruler rises from death with the sun on the third day.
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I failed to perceive the point.
Ms. Linsley’s arms must get really tired from reaching so strenuously.
Or they could be from Mesopotamia, like the historical record says.
Or both ~ back in the day folks walked long distances ~ particularly before the domestication of the horse as a beast of burden.
This is where a little elaboration on said evidence would be welcome.
So welcome would this evidence be that it is the sine qua non of the whole piece.
A similarly scientific topic:
Artist’s ‘Cloning Agency’ Replicates Jesus, Lady Gaga
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3026430/posts
Interesting, but exactly how did they get Abraham's DNA to figure this out? Am I missing something?
The genetics of North Africa are complicated, but historically Abraham came from Sumar, and the DNA evidence suggests modern Jews are related to Iraqis, Palestinians, and Kurds.link:
A study published by the National Academy of Sciences found that "the paternal gene pools of Jewish communities from Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East descended from a common Middle Eastern ancestral population", and suggested that "most Jewish communities have remained relatively isolated from neighboring non-Jewish communities during and after the Diaspora".[15] Researchers expressed surprise at the remarkable genetic uniformity they found among modern Jews, no matter where the diaspora has become dispersed around the world.[15] Other Y-chromosome findings show that the world's Jewish communities are closely related to Kurds, Syriacs, Assyrians, Jordanians and Palestinians
I’d say Alice Linsley is a kook, or worse.
http://biblicalanthropology.blogspot.com/
...This evidence for the African origin of castes such as the Horites and the Madigas has interesting implications for the Davidic monarchy...
...Abraham’s people were Horites, a caste of ruler-priests who originated in the Nile Valley. The Horites were devotees of Horus, who was called “lord of the sky.”
...Posted 1 week ago by Alice Linsley...
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