One of Abraham's nephews was named Thahash. This is the Hebrew word tahash, meaning skins. Thahash was likely a sarki who tanned the hides of sacrificed animals. Exodus 25:5 speaks of "five rams' skins dyed red, and tahash skins; acacia wood." God acts as the first sarki when He sacrifices animals to make coverings for the man and the woman (Gen. 3:21). Today Sarki live in the Orissa province of India and as ‘Haruwa’ in the Tarai region of Nepal. The word Haruwa is equivalent to the ancient Egyptian word ‘Harwa”, meaning priest.
Genesis also tells us that Abraham was a descendent of Kush, so while Abraham lived in Mesopotamia, he was of the Kushite people. Among these people the ruler-priests intermarried exclusively. Genesis shows that this is the case with Ham and Shem's lines. This should have an effect on the DNA of their living descendants, which it does. The Kushite migration explains the spread of R1*-M173, which is found mainly, but not exclusively in Africa. Haplogroup R1*-M173 is the pristine form of haplogroup R. We would expect just such a result from the Kushites whose rulers intermarried exclusively.
What is even more interesting is that this haplogroup is traced to Sub-Saharn Africa, which confirms the suspicion that the Kushites are descendents of people who moved to the Upper Nile from more southern parts of Africa, probably the Lebombo Mountains. In Africa researchers have detected frequencies of Haplogroup R1*-M173 as high as 95% among Sub-Saharan Africans. This study supports the picture of diffusion of Niger-Congo (Nilo-Saharan) carriers of R1*-M173 from Africa to Eurasia between 4-5,000 years ago.
In fact, the migration of Abraham's ancestors from Africa to India and beyond, explains the spread of motifs common to Afro-Asiatic, Hindu and Buddhist religions. Those motifs include Trees, Serpents, Water, the Bull, the Sun and the Moon. All of these are found at the temples and shrines of Memphis, Heliopolis and Hierakonpolis, but they did not originate there. They appear to have come from more southern parts of Africa.
Research verifiying the Genesis record of Kushite migration from Africa into Eurasia can be found here: http://maxwellsci.com/print/crjbs/v2-294-299.pdf
Current Research Journal of Biological Sciences 2(5): 294-299, 2010
ISSN: 2041-0778
© Maxwell Scientific Organization, 2010The Kushite Spread of Haplogroup R1*-M173 from Africa to Eurasia
Clyde A. W inters
Alice, do you read Mathilda's Anthropology Blog? There are several good articles on Afro-Asiatic language origins.
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I have read most of Clyde A. Winters' books. A book I am most anxious to read is "Atlantis in Mexico". This provocative title tells me that there will be some amazing scholarship that backs it up.
Yes, I follow Mathilda's blog and have read most of what she has posted on R1. She and I have had some conversations. For a while she wasn't posting much because she wasn't well. I believe that she is better now. She seems to have little respect for my research, being reactive toward anything that has the word "biblical" associated with it. She also appears unwilling to credit Africans with migration out of Africa and kingdom-building accomplishments in ancient times. Still, she has some good stuff at her blog.
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ReplyDeleteVery Interesting article. Please explain Abraham being from Kush I never read that anywhere.
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