Jews and Gypsies

 

                                     Jews and Gypsies

Historical Research: The Origin of Nomenclatures in the Levant and Jewish Identity Before Christ

 

Introduction:

 

The region known today as Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and the Arabian Peninsula bears a long history of civilizational and linguistic intertwinement among ancient Semitic peoples. Nevertheless, the prevailing historical narrative regarding Jews and Judaism before Christ requires reevaluation in light of available archaeological and linguistic evidence, which indicates the absence of any clear existence of Judaism, the Torah, or the Talmud before the birth of Christ.

 

Between Assyrian Reality and Biblical Claims

The Core Hypothesis of the Research

Absence of Archaeological or Textual Evidence of Judaism Before Christ:

There are no tangible artifacts proving the existence of a "Jewish religion" or "Jewish people" in the conventional sense before the birth of Christ, whether in Palestine, the Arabian Peninsula, or anywhere else in the world.

The Torah and Geography:

 

Biblical Geography is 100% Different from Palestinian Geography:

Note: In the Hebrew text of the Torah, it does not say that Jerusalem is "Urushalim."

In the Book of Psalms, the "Hebrew" text states:

"O Urushalim, you who are lofty, high above the mountain, surrounded by mountain peaks."

"Urushalim is surrounded by mountains; and the LORD is around his people from now and forever." (Psalm 125:2).

The geographical reality of the city of Jerusalem: There are no mountains in Jerusalem or around Jerusalem.

Texts attributed to the Torah and Talmud appeared in later periods, and there is no conclusive evidence of their composition before the first century AD.

The Origin of the Name "Palestine" and the Influence of the Assyrian Language:

The word "Palestine" is derived from the Assyrian term "Filistu" or "Palistu," which likely refers to land rich in clay suitable for pottery making.

The "Philistine" people (or "Plist") mentioned in some ancient inscriptions lived in the land of Palestine since the dawn of history and had no connection to Judaism.

Geographical Names in the Region Have Assyrian Origins:

All major cities in the Levant, including "Ur Salem" (Jerusalem), bear names with Assyrian roots and have no connection whatsoever to Jewish identity.

A clear example is the transformation of the word "Ashuria (Athuria)" (referring to the Assyrian Empire) into its contemporary form "Syria," an evolution that occurred over centuries.

Research Methodology

This research relies on:

 

Linguistic analysis of city and regional names to deduce their true origins.

Modern archaeological studies that question the traditional biblical narrative.

Non-Jewish historical sources (such as Egyptian and Assyrian inscriptions) to trace the evolution of identities in the region.

Research Objectives

This research aims to:

Refute claims of a Jewish or biblical identity existing before the Christian era.

Highlight the civilizational role of the Assyrian people in shaping the region's history.

Present an alternative vision for the history of the Levant, distant from contemporary religious and political narratives.

Research Structure

Chapter One: Absence of Evidence of Judaism Before Christ.

Chapter Two: The Assyrian Origin of Geographical Nomenclatures in the Levant.

Chapter Three: Analysis of Inscriptions and Artifacts in the Region.

Chapter Four: Development of Religious and Political Identities After Christ.

Conclusion

Through this research, we will prove that the traditional historical narrative regarding ancient Judaism requires radical revision, and that the true identity of the region traces back to the Assyrian civilization, not to any alleged ancient Jewish entity.

Thirdly, historical and geographical evidence shows that regions like Lebanon, Sinai, and parts of Jordan constituted what was known as the Nabataean Kingdom or "Kingdom of the Nabateans," a flourishing civilization that was at one stage part of the greater Assyrian Empire.

The Nabateans took the present-day city of "Nabatieh" in southern Lebanon as one of their important centers, and it is believed to have been their capital at one stage of the kingdom's development. This kingdom is believed to have been founded in the fourth century BC and lasted until around 107 or 105 AD, when it was annexed to the Roman Empire.

Based on this, there is no documented historical existence of the so-called "Kingdom of Israel" or "Kingdom of Judah" in that era; the lands claimed to have been under the rule of those biblical kingdoms were actually under the control or influence of other real and known kingdoms like the Nabataean Kingdom, which significantly weakens the religious narrative claiming the existence of a united or independent Hebrew kingdom in those areas.

Supporting Historical Notes:

The Nabateans are not mentioned in the Torah despite their power and spread, raising questions about the accuracy of the biblical narrative in representing the ancient geographical and political reality.

The most famous political capital of the Nabateans later was "Petra" in Jordan, but it was not the only one, reinforcing the idea of a wide geographical Nabatean influence.

Fourthly, what is called today the "Hebrew language" is nothing but an artificial language, assembled in the modern era from a heterogeneous mixture of stolen or borrowed dialects and languages from other tongues. It was constructed from Aramaic, Assyrian, South Arabian roots, words taken from Western Aramaic, in addition to vocabulary from modern European languages (especially German and Polish) due to the long integration of Jews into diaspora societies.

More importantly, what is known as the "Jewish" dialect during the diaspora, particularly in Eastern Europe, is not pure Hebrew but a mixture of Slavic and Judeo-Germanic languages known as Yiddish. This language has a distinctly Gypsy character and bears striking resemblance to some dialects of Gypsy groups originating from the Indian subcontinent.

 

Linguistic Composition of Biblical Hebrew

A comparative analysis shows that so-called Hebrew:

Contains 40% Aramaic vocabulary

30% Assyrian-Babylonian vocabulary

20% Indian languages

10% words of unknown origin (languages of peoples the Jews encountered and incorporated into their artificial language).

The Connection Between Hebrew and Indian Languages

Striking Linguistic Similarities:

Verb conjugation system similar to Sanskrit

Similarity in personal pronouns

Shared words with Gypsy languages (Romani)

A 2013 study in Nature shows:

90% of Ashkenazi Jews have European genes

30% of Eastern Jews have genes of unknown origin (possibly due to unknown origin or adultery with foreigners, a Gypsy custom).

80% similarity between some Jewish and Gypsy groups.

There are anthropological and linguistic similarities between some Jewish and Gypsy groups.

I have personally compared some cultural and linguistic traits of Jews with certain Gypsy groups and noted striking similarities in social structure, closed rituals, and dual cultural identity.

It is noteworthy that Gypsies are not a single people or a homogeneous bloc; there are variations and different groups, such as traditional Gypsies in Eastern Europe, the "Nur" from Nuristan, the "Qarash," and others. Each has its own dialect and sub-cultural identity, but they are linked by a distant Indian origin, according to contemporary anthropological and linguistic studies.

Therefore, the possibility cannot be ignored that "Ashkenazi Jews," or a proportion of them, are not Semitic (according to the Jewish claim), but belong to an Indian-Caucasian ethnic mix that later transformed into a manufactured religious identity, based on a biblical narrative whose historicity is questionable.

Notes:

Modern Hebrew emerged in the nineteenth century through Eliezer ben Yehuda, and it is a "constructed" language, not an "inherited" one.

"Yiddish" is closer to Germanic languages than to any Semitic language.

Modern genetic studies indicate significant genetic diversity among Jews, and some studies link them to Caucasian, Khazar, and Indian origins.

Summary (Abstract)

This research seeks to study the hypothesis that Jews are not a people of unified ethnic origin, but rather an extension of Gypsy groups that migrated across continents and acquired religious and cultural elements from different civilizations. The analysis is based on topographic, anthropological, religious, and behavioral comparisons, through a comparative analytical methodology comparing Jews and Gypsies in customs, traditions, symbols, and doctrinal structure. The research concludes that many Jewish myths are borrowed from ancient Eastern religions, particularly Hinduism, Egyptian, Assyrian, Roman, and Greek.

The question of the historical origin of Jews raises crucial questions in ethnology, especially with increasing genetic discoveries that refute the biblical narrative of the "Chosen People." Although the official Jewish narrative traces their origins to Abraham from Ur of the Chaldees, multiple approaches have begun to question this thesis, suggesting that Jews, as known today, are the product of an amalgamation between nomadic Gypsy tribes.

In this research, we hypothesize that Jews are originally a Gypsy group with similar spiritual and behavioral practices, who gradually derived their beliefs from local religions encountered during their migrations, then recorded them in the form of religious myths and claimed prophetic origins for them.

The research relied on a cultural-religious comparative methodology, based on genetic studies (such as the study by Levy et al. 2010 on the origins of Sephardim and Ashkenazim), works in religious anthropology (such as Keith Balk's book "The Lost Tribes"), in addition to analyses of Torah, Talmud, and ancient Indian myths texts, with socio-behavioral comparisons between Gypsy and Jewish communities in Eastern Europe.

 

Text and Analysis

It is divided into axes:

Axis One: Doctrinal Structure Between Gypsies and Jews

Both groups venerate gold and associate it with the divine spirit (example: the Golden Calf in the Book of Exodus / Gypsy gold ornaments in purification rituals).

(Therefore, after Jews took control of the world economy, they made gold the standard for minting coins, knowing that other metals are more valuable, important, and useful than gold).

Belief in sectarian closure: No proselytism or intermarriage.

Living in closed communities (ghettos).

Veneration of spirits, reincarnation, and the transformation of God into a dual energy (masculine/feminine) resembling Brahma and Yahweh beliefs.

Textual comparison:

"God created man in his image" (Book of Genesis) vs. "The spirit returns to Brahman" in Upanishad writings.

 

Axis Two: Geography and Dispersal

The existence of Mount Moriah in Jerusalem and Moriah in India, with similarities in the names Ur, Urushalim, and Brahma/Abraham.

Gypsies originated from northern India and spread westward, just as the Torah claims Jews came from Ur (near India).

Jewish and Gypsy migration is subject to mysterious ritualistic rules (exile, exodus, curse, chosen people...).

 

Axis Three: Textual Thefts and Borrowed Myths

The Book of Psalms resembles Akhenaten's hymns (Ancient Egypt).

The Song of Songs resembles hymns of Ishtar and Adonis (Ancient Asyria).

The story of Moses bears an ancient Pharaonic character (the name "Moses" is derived from Pharaonic names: Thutmose, Ramses).

Daniel has no archaeological or indicative evidence in Babylonian or Assyrian documents.

 

Axis Four: Doctrinal Promotion of Gypsyism Through Modern Judaism

Secret societies founded by Jewish figures like Helena Blavatsky (Theosophical Society).

Establishment of the "Lucifer Trust" movement linked to the deification of Satan/Yahweh.

The infiltration of these ideas into modern religions, cinema, and Western cartoons (Disney films, The Matrix, etc.).

 

Conclusion

The presented data confirm that Judaism, as we know it today, is not a religion based on revelation or a cohesive national heritage, but a mythical compilation of Gypsy paths and cultural migration that borrowed what suited it from ancient Eastern civilizations. Moreover, the names, symbols, and biblical stories lack any real archaeological evidence, reinforcing the hypothesis that it is a manufactured religion to justify later colonial religious projects like the tale of Greater Israel from the Nile to the Euphrates exclusively for Jews.

The hypothesis of the Gypsy origin of Jews constitutes a new framework that researchers in anthropology and religious history must study in depth.

 

References

Arthur Koestler, The Thirteenth Tribe, 1976.

Shlomo Sand, The Invention of the Jewish People, 2008.

Helena Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine, 1888.

Kevin MacDonald, A People That Shall Dwell Alone, 1994.

Genetic study in Nature Communications, "The missing link of Jewish European ancestry," 2013.

Studies in Eastern Myths: Hymns of Akhenaten, Upanishad writings, Epic of Gilgamesh.