Theos-Talk Archives (May 2000 Message tt00246)

It is interesting to note that HPB wrote about the Jews originating from
India. Any comments?


At 05:47 AM 05/23/2000 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 05/22/00 8:45:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>bartl@sprynet.com writes:
>
><<    Anti-Semite sounds fancier than "Jew Hater". In the Old Testament,
Noah 
>had
> three sons, Shem, Ham, and Yapheth (which translate, more or less, to "good
> reputation", "good mind", and "good looks"). The Middle Eastern people, 
>Biblically
> speaking, were descendents of Shem, hence, "Semitic". I can look up the
exact
> names and dates,. but essentially a German newspaper devoted to the 
>anti-Jewish
> cause in the 19th Century called itself the "Anti-Semite", and the term 
>took. The
> newspaper had nothing to do with Arabs, so that even though Arabs are 
>technically
> Semites, the term "anti-semitism" refers only to Jews, although it has been 
>used
> as a layer of confusion by Jew-hating Arab leaders (saying "I'm not 
>anti-Semitic;
> I'm a Semite myself!" begs the real question, "Do you hate Jews?").
> 
>     Bart Lidofsky
>  >>
>
>Thanks Bart. Your explanation is useful. It does raise the further question 
>of who then, are the descendants of Ham, and Yapheth? If the Middle Eastern 
>peoples (Arabs and Jews) are the descendants of Shem, Who are the
descendants 
>of the other two brothers? Any thoughts on this? Thanks. 
>
>Louis
>
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