To: ek_hornbeck
Should be approached with caution as these claims seem to contradict numerous past DNA studies, but this would lend credence to some indications that as much as 10% of the Roman Empire was Jewish or converts to Judaism.
12 posted on
10/08/2013 12:18:16 PM PDT by
hlmencken3
(Originalist on the the 'general welfare' clause? No? NOT an originalist!)
To: hlmencken3
Should be approached with caution as these claims seem to contradict numerous past DNA studies, but this would lend credence to some indications that as much as 10% of the Roman Empire was Jewish or converts to Judaism. Which historians have claimed a number that high? I do remember reading that Judaism was much more active in seeking converts in ancient times than in Medieval or recent history, so it would make sense that many modern Jews are descended from converts.
To: hlmencken3
That’s interesting, but I suspect they’re counting the Jewish population of the Levant in the Empire population. In which case 10% could be low.
75 posted on
10/08/2013 4:51:36 PM PDT by
SJackson
(As a black man, you know, Barack could get shot going to the gas station, Michelle on Chicago)
To: hlmencken3; SJackson
123 posted on
10/12/2013 11:06:20 AM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(It's no coincidence that some "conservatives" echo the hard left.)
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