Theos-Talk Archives (May 2000 Message tt00256)

    From Christian sources, I have heard that the Africans are called the
"Hamitic" people, and the people from the Far East are supposedly descended from
"Yapheth".

    Bart Lidofsky

Teos9@aol.com 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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