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To: Hoodat
Next they'll be telling us that Cleopatra was an African-American

I just did some quick research on both Cleo and Jesus.

Cleopatra's sister was Macedonian (Ptolemy clan) and probably Numbian (black African). There is uncertainty that the sisters had both parents the same. So, Cleopatra was quite possibly AfroGreek.

Jesus's ethnicity? The opinions are all over the place. One pointed out that "Jew" refers to a religion, not an ethnic group. Many believe that Jesus was Syrian-Philistine and "Philistine" became "Palistinian". Others say he was born in Bethlehem, which makes his ethnicity the ancestors of Palestinians. Others have plenty of research from the Bible and history saying his mother and adopted father came from Jewish tribes. A few Muslims chime in and say they have common heritage with Jesus.

I prefer to believe that all mankind can lay claim to Jesus in some way, thus he is the savior of us all.

38 posted on 12/23/2013 11:09:05 AM PST by grania
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To: grania

“Jew” refers to an ethnic group (the tribe of Judah, the fourth son of Jacob; and later the kingdom of Judah, which included the tribes of Judah, Benjamin and Levi, called “Judaea” by the Romans). “Judaism” refers to a religion. Muslims are not an ethnic group, evidently, but Arabs claim descent from Ishmael (Isaac’s half-Egyptian half-brother) in particular.

There is no such thing as an ethnic “Palestinian”; they are Arabs, hence descendants of Ishmael. Jesus’ mother (hence Jesus Himself) was descended from Isaac.


40 posted on 12/23/2013 11:16:52 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: grania

Hard to see how one could be both Macedoniam (white, white, white) and Nubian (black by any defintion).

Of course, there could be an illegitimate mixing. But the Greeks of all stipes were pretty conscious of their lineage.

I’d place a huge amount of money on Clepatra being white.


61 posted on 12/23/2013 11:54:13 AM PST by chesley
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To: grania
Macedonian (Ptolemy clan) and probably Numbian (black African)

that would be "Nubian"

66 posted on 12/23/2013 12:36:21 PM PST by Albion Wilde ("Remember... the first revolutionary was Satan."--Russian Orthodox Archpriest Dmitry Smirnov)
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