The Lost Tribes of Israel (Writings of Archeologist E. Raymond Capt)

[Thorwald]

Has anyone read the book “Missing Links Discovered In Assyrian Tablets”, written by E. Raymond Capt? I have only read his ‘overview’. Google lookup “Missing Links Discovered In Assyrian Tablets (Artisan Publishers)”.

This author and archeologist, has apparently spent his life tracing biblical history, and has written many books on his findings.

It only takes a few minutes to read his overview. I found it amazing. Apparently, the tablets contain a record of the lost tribes of Israel (where they went, etc.).

 

[Ruthie]

I haven’t read his books. I admit that up front. So I may be wrong in my conclusions. But it sounds to me like he is one of the “scholars” who start with an idea, and look at only the evidence that supports that idea.

Based *only *on the customer reviews of his books, at Amazon.com, it seems to me Mr. Capt proposes that:

• Jesus spent much of His youth in England.
• The British coronation stone is actually Jacob’s pillar. (Gen 28:22)
• The Great Pyramid of Egypt holds God’s plan for man.
• Gospel truths may be found in the constellations of stars used in astrology.
• Hell does not exist, but is an idea adopted from paganism. (The book is called “Counterfeit Christianity - How Ancient Paganism Mixed with Christianity.” This makes me suspect anti-Catholicism.)
• The Lost Tribes of Israel are in England and America.
• There was a chapter left out of Acts.

I don’t think I’m going to add him to my “must read” list any time soon.

But thanks for making me aware of him!

God bless you,

Ruthie

 

[Thorwald]

I haven’t read his books. I admit that up front. So I may be wrong in my conclusions. But it sounds to me like he is one of the “scholars” who start with an idea, and look at only the evidence that supports that idea.

Based *only *on the customer reviews of his books, at Amazon.com, it seems to me Mr. Capt proposes that:

• Jesus spent much of His youth in England.
• The British coronation stone is actually Jacob’s pillar. (Gen 28:22)
• The Great Pyramid of Egypt holds God’s plan for man.
• Gospel truths may be found in the constellations of stars used in astrology.
• Hell does not exist, but is an idea adopted from paganism. (The book is called “Counterfeit Christianity - How Ancient Paganism Mixed with Christianity.” This makes me suspect anti-Catholicism.)
• The Lost Tribes of Israel are in England and America.
• There was a chapter left out of Acts.

I don’t think I’m going to add him to my “must read” list any time soon.

But thanks for making me aware of him!

God bless you,

Ruthie

Hi Ruthie. Thank you for your response. I only read two responses to his book. I have never read his book. If it in fact states all of the above that you mentioned, I don’t want to read it. I agree with you, that he is probably reading in more to his findings, than he should be. We know that the lost tribes of Israel are somewhere, because the scripture states that ‘all Israel shall be saved’. This also means, that they would have to believe in Christ. Thanks again for your ‘research’.

God bless you.

Thorwald

 

[MagicKirk]

I checked this out on Wikipedia.

It says:
British Israelism (sometimes called Anglo-Israelism) is the belief that the Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, Scandinavian, Germanic and Dutch peoples of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States are the direct lineal descendants of the Lost Tribes of Israel, and that the British Royal Family are directly descended from the line of King David.

This belief has been accorded little scientific proof or significance; …

Although British-Israelists will cite various ancient manuscripts to show an ancient origin for British Israelism, the belief appears to have gained momentum since the English Revolution and especially during the “Restorationist” movement (late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries)…

(Capt is listed as one of the references for the article)

 

[paarsurrey]

The Lost Tribes of Israel

Hi

Excuxe me, presently I would confine myself to the first half of the caption. Lost Tribes of Israel; Jesus knew for sure were mostly settled in Persia, Afghanistan, North of Pakistan, Kashmir, Tibet and India. That is why after surviving as Paul says “a cursed death” on Cross; Jesus went alongwith Mary to a sojourn of the East.

**New interest in j&k ‘Jesus grave’

• By Yusuf Jameel **

asianage.com/

Srinagar, June 11: The hypothesis that Jesus Christ is buried in a central Srinagar locality has aroused a lot of interest among historiographers, researchers, scholars, archaeologists and religious groups both in India and worldwide once again.

A team of German researchers, including two archaeologists, is planning to visit Srinagar later this year to investigate the subject. Within India, the Janata Party has set up a group of experts from among its members whic Kashmir’s summer capital soon to start research work.

The party’s president, Dr Subramanian Swamy, who was in Srinagar last week, said that after reading a booklet by a German he has a “feeling of curiosity” about Jesus Christ and Moses having visited Kashmir and in the belief that both had died and are buried in the Valley.

Muslims in Kashmir and elsewhere revere both Jesus and Moses as “noble prophets” of “Bani Israel” (Children of Israel), as the Quran makes a number of references to them. Dr Swamy also pointed to the belief of many Kashmiris that they were one of the “Lost Tribes” of Israel.

“It is a matter of great interest that Prophet Moses is buried in Kashmir and that Jesus too had visited the Vale, went to Ladakh to visit the Hemis monastery where he took Buddhism as his faith, returned home but left it again for Kashmir to escape persecution, and died here in Srinagar,” he said. The Janata Party leader said that the team he has set up would do methodical research on the subject and come out with its findings “which everybody in the country would be interested in.”

In the past teams of researchers from Israel, Germany and other parts of the world conducted studies on the subject but could not find any scientific verification of the hypothesis. The premise that Jesus is buried at Rozabal in the Khanyar area of Srinagar and that Moses is buried outside Bandipore town in north Kashmir thus requires a proper scientific study to ascertain the truth.

Kashmiri scholar and historian Fida Muhammad Hussein, a former director of the department of archaeology of the state, asserted that in history there is no such thing as the last word on any subject, “because research… and more research” could lead to fresh discoveries.

He believes that the hypothesis that **the people of Kashmir are one of the Lost Tribes cannot be baseless as there are many similarities between Israel and Kashmir **in terms of language and traditions, and he would like to see a thorough study initiated into the subject. “I think these similarities only strengthen the belief that we are one of the Lost Tribes. Yet the research into the subject must go on,” he told this newspaper.

asianage.com/

The article is lengthy; one may access the above link to know more details.

I love Jesus and Mary as I love Buddha and Krishna

Thanks

 

[Thorwald]

I checked this out on Wikipedia.

It says:
British Israelism (sometimes called Anglo-Israelism) is the belief that the Anglo-Saxon, Celtic, Scandinavian, Germanic and Dutch peoples of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and the United States are the direct lineal descendants of the Lost Tribes of Israel, and that the British Royal Family are directly descended from the line of King David.

This belief has been accorded little scientific proof or significance; …

Although British-Israelists will cite various ancient manuscripts to show an ancient origin for British Israelism, the belief appears to have gained momentum since the English Revolution and especially during the “Restorationist” movement (late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries)…

(Capt is listed as one of the references for the article)

Hi MagicKirk. Thanks for your (name removed by moderator)ut. I should have looked this topic up myself, using the Wikipedia Encyclopedia.

If I disregard the other items noted by ‘Ruthie’ (posting #2), and only concentrate on the info that relates to the ‘British throne’, I would end up with a real ‘can of worms’.

If I assume that the Germanic tribes are descendants of the lost tribes of Israel, then I would be left with the question, “Was the holocaust a case of real Israelites exterminating non-Israelites?” (We read in the scriptures, that there are those that say they are jews, but are not.) Imagine the backlash of making such a statement.

We do know, however, that the scriptures tell us, that the Israelites will eventually come from all the corners of the earth, in order to return to their homeland.