A Snippet of Torah Examined as a Science Book

Pondering Genesis ch. 1; density is the primary reason for the separation of matter. Dawkins suggested discarding Holy Books.
I don’t agree. Choose what helps, Torah and/or science. Torah suggests getting dirty as if there is no Gd to heal.

This is what I ponder; when the sun isn’t shining, naturally darkness falls. Likewise, darkness is radiated from our enclosed universe, except where light dispels.
When closing a box, the matter causes the inside to radiate darkness, in the same way darkness results when the sun passes from view. Hashem divides light and darkness, and the dense and the less dense. Matter usually darks, especially if energy does not make it such as a lightbulb; it radiates darkness when off. Outer-space is thus a place of balance between darking matter of the outer universe and lights like the sun. This balance makes it a place of less gravity; outer space is in between, at the primary area of mixing, and why satellites don’t fall back to earth.

When Hashem Gave His First Breath to the Cosmos

The cosmos became important when Gd's imparted His first breath to it. In the same way, a baby's first breath is considered what makes that baby a soulful being. This implies that Gd in some way grew up, and that is correct. Gd doesn’t know everything, and as time passes He learns more about the creation He authored.  In our lives, Gd gets to know us, such that we may even seem predictable. Gd's breath to the universe is the beginning of the soulful journey of the cosmos. Before the event of breath, a baby is not to be judged. Likewise, before the breath of Hashem the universe was without distinction.

The Greatness of Our Niche Means Something Greater Than Gambling Is Responsible

Some people find meaning in life through only standing in awe of creation.  They are unable to get beyond this idea.  They believe our purpose is our biological niche.  I agree, and stand in awe, as well as trying to find my niche.  However, humanity has found that the grandness of our niche is far greater than could be expected from a species of small mouthed monkeys.  It can only be explained by the verse in Genesis, "Let them rule (humankind)."  As Rabbi Tzvi Freeman states, "We’ve also embraced some truly beneficial ideals that work. Like world peace, human rights, ending global starvation, celebrating human diversity, saving the world’s children, being good stewards of our planet, making knowledge accessible to all, and just spreading random acts of kindness and beauty everywhere to everyone."  These ideas, such as contemplation of how to care for the planet seem far greater than the idea of chance that the universe was essentially gambled into existence, as science would have us believe.

Sovereignty and The Temple - To Demolish a Holy Site or Not

There is a push for Israel to demonstrate itself by bull dozing the mosque on the Temple Mount as a way to demonstrate its sovereignty. This would likely cause WWWIII. However, perhaps this is WWWIII already, starting with the Arab Spring and expanding.

If Israel demolishes this sacred mosque (where the Temple Mount is located), it would make Israel as a rapist.  Building the Temple without the blessing of Muslims would make Israel to be rapist of Hagar.  One who demonstrates power through might is a rapist.  The reason I say Hagar is that the book of Genesis says that Hagar was the wife of Abraham, the first monotheist, and parents of Ishmael.  We are able to liken the Ishmaelites to today's group, Muslims.

Sacred teaching teaches that if one loves the father, then one loves the children.  One is unable to love Abraham unless he or she loves Isaac and Ishmael both.  Thus, it is such that we should not think of Muslims as depraved people, but as our brothers.

I am fully sympathetic with wanting the Jewish Temple Built at the Temple Mount.  However, this is clearly not the time for such a thing to happen. In fact, the only way to lovingly accomplish sovereignty is to wait until Islam, the religion, is history.  Consider the follow, which are the traits of a wise man:

"There are seven things that characterize a boor, and seven things that characterize a wise man. A wise man does not speak before one who is greater than himself in wisdom or age. He does not interrupt his fellow's words. He does not hasten to answer. His questions are on the subject and his answers to the point. He responds to first things first and to latter things later. Concerning what he did not hear, he says "I did not hear." He concedes to the truth. With the boor, the reverse of all these is the case."

- Ethics of the Fathers, 5:7

Religions come and go, and so to this may happen with Islam. The hope is that the Muslim's descendants would then have a different view about the location of the sacred temple.

Power demonstrations like this one that is often suggested have little to do with love and everything to do with power, which is the way of rape. Rape is not about love it is about power.  In that way, it is the way of the boor who hastens actions.  Thus, it is such that in order to build the Temple in its sacred place it must be done with lovingkindness.

5th Zerah: Adam's Lineage; From the Bible to The Royal House of Troy to The Line from Zerah to King Alfred “the Great”

The line from Adam to Noah is very well known because it is in the Bible, Christian Bibles, Jewish Bibles, and this literature is sacred even to Islam.  In the Bible, Noah is primarily know for being the person who built an Ark, such that when a massive flood came, Noah was saved, and the rest of humanity drowned.  In the Bible, Noah is the 10^th generation where Adam is the first generation.  So, I am starting with a 10 next to Noah.

10. Noah

11. Shem

Several different sacred texts include a flood story in their history.  In fact, this story is not just in Hebrew literature, but also Greek, Roman, Norse and British legend contain a flood story.  For example Shem, the son of Noah is listed in the sacred British text, the Anglo Saxon Chronicle as, Sem, and in other places Shem is called Sceaf.

Shem is where the word Semite comes from.  Thus, in this lineage, I am establishing that the British Kings and the ancestors to these kings where of Semitic origin.

12.  Arpachshad

The line from Noah to Abraham is also in the Bible, but I will list it anyway.

13.  Shelah

14.  Eber

Eber means Hebrew.  Thus, Eber is thought to be the first Hebrew patriarch.

15.  Peleg

16.  Reu

17.  Serug

18.  Nahor

19.  Terah

20.  Abraham

Among Jews, Abraham is often called the first Jew though the word Jew derives from the Israelite tribe of Judah.  This is somewhat confusing.  However, Abraham is thought to be the father of monotheism, and in addition, Abraham is well known for his institution of the practice of circumcision, which is a practice that like Jews, the British are known to circumcise their males.  However, I do understand that this is arguable because certain Orthodox Jews believe that the circumcision of the Brits, and other peoples are invalidated for various reasons.

21.  Isaac

22.  Jacob who became Israel

In mythology, the patriarch Jacob is known as SATURNUS OF KRIT, where Krit is the Island of Crete. The historians Eusebius and Tacitus (see his book Histories 5:2) connect Saturn, Crete and Israel.  In fact, among the English Saturday, is Saturn's Day, where Saturday is the Israelite Sabbath.

22.  Judah

JUPITER in Persian mythology is Judah.  In other mythology, Judah is Jove.  For example, in the Iliad, Jove had a ruler's scepter.  This scepter is mentioned in [Genesis 49:10].  In the mythology, this scepter was made by Vulcan.

23.  Zerah is the son of Judah in the book of Genesis.  The word Zerah in Hebrew means, “Strange worship,” such that it is no wonder why such odd religious associations, such as polytheism are associated with this clan of Judah.  While Jupiter of the Persian Empire mean Judah, Zeus of the Greek empire meant Zerah.  Zeus came to be associated lightning bolts, and that was the priestly Zerahites, while in other circles Zeus the Olympiad referred to Zerah, as he, Zerah is mentioned first in the Bible as an Edomite, where being an Olympiad may be thought of as Edomite like behavior.

I understand that this literature puts the Israelite Exodus from Egypt at an impossible date, according to the Orthodox calendar, but I am pretty sure that before the age of 1,000 BCE the orthodox calendar is in fact wrong.  I have discussed this in other blogs.

24.  Mahol

1 Kings 5:11 “Darda the son of Mahol”

25.  Darda [Chronicles], Dara, is the son of Zeus in the Iliad, where he is called the phonetically similar Dardanus in the Iliad.

True to the scepter and the prophecy of Israel that Judah would rule, Darda founded The Royal House of Troy and Trojan race).

26.  ERICHHONIUS [Iliad]

Thus, for the continuation of the lineage of Darda, I turn to other sacred lineage, as the Bible stops with Darda, while the semi-legendary mythologies continue the lineage.

26.  TROS [Iliad]

27.  Laomedon [Iliad]

28.  Tithonus (mentioned in THE TROJAN WOMEN by EURIPIDES)

29.  Memnon [mentioned in Theogony by Hesiod]

30.  Priam of Troy [Iliad, Woden (Odin I) John D. Keyser]

31.  Troan m. Munon, Mennon, Memnon 

The Icelandic Langfedgatal and the Younger Edda continue this lineage as a migration to the north and the birth of Thor or Tror.

32.  Thor son of Odin/Priam

Like Saturn’s Day, or Saturday, Thor was given a day of week Thursday.  Also, his hammer may be associated with the property of resonance in science.

33.  Loridi

34.  Hloritha

35.  Einridi

36.  Einrid

37.  Vingethor

28.  Moda (Hebrew connection to Norse because moda is a Hebrew word.)

29.  Magi

This name brings a connection  of the Zoroastrian religion with this lineage.  Most importantly, it is a Chaldean connection to Norse, where the Chaldeans are Hebrews.  Magi is mentioned in the Christian Bible, and I believe it is at this point that there is possibly a migration to the north, and the so called gospel says that the Magi took a different root home, and in fact, I suggest that they never returned.

Sceaf, Seskef, Odin II = Sheaf of grain connection to Leviticus 23:9-14

30.  Bedwig

This lineage continues below as listed.  There are several different sources for this lineage through the Dark Ages, so it is hard to say which one is correct.  However, the lineages do seem to indicate the pattern mentioned roughly below.  Also, when I wrote this, I definitely know that there may have been omissions to this genealogy, but it is still thought that the general list is about as close as possible that can be achieved.

31.  Hwala

32.  Hathra

33.  Athra

34.  Itermon

35.  Itermann

36.  Heremod or maybe Heremot

37.  Sceldwa or maybe Scealdna

38.  Beaw or maybe Beaf

Beowulf is a legendary book where this person is the central character.

39.  Taetwa

40.  Eatus

41.  Geata

42.  Godulf

43.  Godwulf

44.  Finn

45.  Frithuwulf

46.  Frealaf

47. Voden, Oden, or Woden (Odin  III)

48.  Bældæg

49.  Brond

50.  Gewis

51.  Elesa

52.  Cerdic, King of Wessex

53.  Cynric, King of Wessex

54.  Ceawlin, King of Wessex

55.  Cuthwine

56.  Cuthwulf

57.  Ceolwald

58.  Cenred

59.  Ingild

60.  Eoppa

61.  Eafa

62.  Ealhmund

63.  Subregulus of Kent

64.  Ecgbeorht, King of Wessex

65.  Æðelwulf, King of Wessex

66.  Ælfræd “the Great”

From this point on the ancestry is well documented, and needs no further mention here.

On the Parting of the Red Sea: Another look at the Israelite’s crossing of the Red Sea.

Some have said that this passage, the parting and crossing of the Red Sea in Exodus, lacks archeological authentication.  The most scholarly claim made is that the Israelite’s crossed the Sea of Reeds.  There is much imagery of the way this is done.  Most of it depicts a sea that has parted, water standing high on end, as the Israelites pass, and then once they are out of the way the sea collapses.  This is a rather uniformed way of looking at the way things happened.

In another blog, I have mentioned that there is evidence for crossing into the Arabian Peninsula from Africa at two different times, but that each of these times does not match the date given by the “Hebrew” calendar.  

Archaeology suggest that the two exoduses from Africa happened at a much earlier date than is suggested by the Hebrew calendar.  As I am writing this, the Hebrew calendar says that the world is yet to be 6,000 years old.  Yet, as I am writing this scholarly folk have think they have disproved this as the actual date.  What is certain is that the Hebrew calendar is Kabbalistically correct with some world events, but I think that it is possible that neither the Bible scholars nor the scientists have the correct answer.

I accept that the two exoduses where by Jews, where the exodus of Abraham, the first Jew, and his company represents one exodus, 

 and the exodus of Moses with the Israelites from Africa represents a second exodus.

Thus, I am deriving the word Jew from the word Abraham here, and not Judah.

The first exodus - Abraham's exodus - occurs in the book of Genesis.  The second exodus occurs in the book of Exodus.

The reason I am writing this is mainly to correct the imagery that is common to paintings.  I specifically remember traveling to Canada as a youth.  More importantly, during my journey I encountered tides that fluctuated many more feet than they do on Cape Cod.  If I remember correctly, it was said that of one area that I was in that the tide regularly fluctuated 40ft.

This is probably more than double the amount of fluctuation in my area.  This amount of fluctuation is enough that it is possible to consider that the part of the Red Sea did occur for Moses and the Israelites, but that it was a tidal fluctuation.  It is conceivable that tidal patterns change.

Thus the Israelites crossing of the Red Sea, may have possibly been due to irregularities of tidal fluctuation.  For example, tidal fluctuations in my area, predicted well in advance, are available for purchase, and it is even predictable when moon tides will occur.  A moon tide is a tidal change that is more extreme than is normal.  Thus, Moses only needed to be familiar with tidal regularities in order to cross the Red Sea at best time, in order to escape from Pharaoh’s men. 

However, I suggest, something even greater than a moon tide.  Think bigger: a great tidal wave generated by an earthquake may have been involved.  Their is  6th sense some people have when it comes to creatures activities with respect to natural disasters.  I suggest, Moses had that same sense.

Thus, I accept that it was not a sea of reeds that parted for the Israelites.  It was that the area to either side was water, and that there was an extensive stretch of sand that made it possible for Israelites to walk across at low tide, and that this was due to an earthquake.  However, by the time the Israelites had crossed, the tides were changing such that Pharaoh’s men were unable to cross, and may have drowned or been forced to swim.

1st Zerah: Who is Zerah? What are the Zerahites?

Ethics of our Fathers 6:3 He who learns from his companion one section, or one canon, or one verse, or one word, (or) even one letter, is bound to do him honour; for thus we find with David king of Israel, who learned not from Achithophel but two things only, that he called him his master, his guide, and his acquaintance,

The Bible mentions several Zerahs, or does it? Zerah’s name appears in many ancestries in not only the Torah, but the entire Tanach. The Tanach is the Jewish Bible. It does not include the New Testament. This essay is purely speculative.

Genesis 36:16 is the first appearance of the name Zerah. He is mentioned as the son of the Edomite, “Reuel.”

Genesis 36:13 And these are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the sons of Basemath Esau's wife.

That Esau took her as a wife indicates that Basemath was indeed an Abrahamite. The Torah says that Basemath was the daughter of Ishmael (Genesis 36:3). Ishmael was the firstborn of Abraham’s sons. Basemath was also the wife of Esau. That makes Zerah in the third generation. First there was Esau, the brother of Jacob. Next there was Reuel, the son of Esau. Last there was Zerah, the son of Reuel, but was this an adoption? Zerah is also the third generation from Jacob. Generation one was Jacob. Generation 2 was Judah. In generation 3 was Zerah (Generation 38:30). In fact, it is mentioned that Tamar bore Zerah (Genesis 38:27-30). However, if this is the same Zerah, his earmarks were that he had affiliations with both the Edomites and the Ishmaelites. What I suggest is that these two supposed Zerahs are the same person that became the clan of the Zerahites. In fact, though Tamar bore Zerah, he was first mothered by Basemath. But, Zerah carries the paternal Y chromosome of Judah conferring the scepter, but due to a conversion he was both an Edomite and a Judahite, and had associations with Ishmaelites. That is that he was mothered by two tribes. So far, I suggest all Zerahites are mothered by two tribes, both Ishmaelite and Judahite, and fathered by two tribes Edomite and Judahite.

It is thought that the marks of an Edomite in today’s society might be such as joining the military. In fact, my father showed military aptitude and served his nation as a Captain in the military elite Special Forces. However, he also possessed some of the earmarks of Jacob as well, as he became a public school teacher. The earmarks of Jacob would be study. Furthermore, I possess the Y chromosome of a Regent, indicating the association of the scepter with my family. Besides the Stewarts, the Hamilton’s are the second noblest clan in Scotland. I mention this because several ancestries of mine go back to Zeus. It is thought that Zeus is a fictional name for the Zerahites.

Additionally, Numbers 26:13 mentions a Zerah of the Israelite tribe of Simon. This is thought to be a third conversion of Zerah, and it is a lifetime journey for each Zerahite to undergo slavery and a wondering in the desert, converting to the tribe of Simon shortly after slavery. First a Zerahite is an Edomite, then he is also a Judahite, and then he is also a Simonite. How can this be? I reason that Abrahamites intermingle. In fact, I suggest that the nation of Abraham is in fact the inhabitants of the USA. What Zerahites end up doing is starting to master Torah, and that this is the way of life for them. This is not to say all Zerahites are righteous (Joshua 7:1). Yet, this is not a call for all people to intermingle. However, some intermingling is thought to be a part of the Torah.

There are yet other occurrences of Zerah of the Bible, but not in the Torah. The book of Ezra knows of a Zerahiah (7:1), whom had also converted to the tribe of Levi. It is not clear if Zerahiah and Zerah are both Zerahites, and this is a place where I need more research. This should be less of a surprise than it really is. Jacob declares Simonites and Levites are a pair (Genesis 49:5), so it would be natural for such a conversion to take place. Additionally, the book of Chronicles lets us know that the Zerahiah of Ezra was of the line of Aaron, and is thus a Cohenim, or a candidate for being the high priest (5:32). Evidence of this would be obeying the command of a Cohen gadol to only marry virgins. Lastly, yet another conversion is made to the Levite clan of Gershon (Chronicles 6:6). What else would you expect from a politician other than affiliations with the various divisions of the clans of Abraham?

2 Chronicles 14:8 lastly mentions “Zerah the Ethiopian.” Perhaps, this individual was a Zerahite, as we know Zeus had African descendents through the Royal House of Thebes through Io, such that Pharoah of the Book of Exodus was probably an African Zerahite, as the scepter of Judah is not reported to have been removed during the enslavement of the Israelites. Zerah the Ethiopian was probably a descendant of Pharoah, such that all the Israelites did not leave during the Exodus, but some of the tribe of Judah remained behind and ruled there. All the attacking Ethiopians where mentioned as having been slain, but this is not to say that all the African Zerahites were on this military campaign. This was during the kingship of Asa, which was after 1,000 BCE, but before CE. Therefore, it should be understood that the word Zerah occurs over the course of thousands of years. There was probably an original founding member. However, this person was probably not Zerah the Ethiopian. Rather, Zerah should be thought of as the Zerahites. And, as they are not mentioned as having died in the JPS Bible, Zerahites are probably still around today. It is thought that when in 167 BCE, when a statue of Zeus was placed in the Holy of Holies it mystically led to Zerahites also being considered Cohenim, and the changing of the name of Zerah to Zerahiah, as only the High Priest is permitted to enter this sacred place. This radical change of Zerah to Zerahiah.

If the legends of Zeus are true, then we should also expect a Zerahite to have relations with Asians as well. Zeus is recorded to have married Europa, an Asian. This was a source for Asiatic nobility. Though I believe most Ishmaelites are currently Muslim, I am currently unsure who the Asians are in the Torah. This is a topic for further research. Personally, I have had relationships with Asians most of my life, as well as some Africans, Jews and Ishmaelites.

Craig HamiltonFirst Kings 2:10 - And David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David

November 19, 2010 at 4:40 pm

Craig HamiltonNote that in 1 Kings 2:10 “Fathers” is plural, suggesting that an individual can have more than one father.

November 19, 2010 at 4:41 pm

Craig HamiltonThe word “Fathers” occurs 508 times in the JPS 1917 Translation.

November 19, 2010 at 4:41 pm

Craig Hamilton“Who is Zerah? What are the Zerahites?” (October 2010). - There is not necessarily a Zerahite Y chromosome. However, if there is one then it is almost certainly Haplogroup I1. Thus, part of the blog is incorrect, as it was made on the assumption that because Tamar reportedly “bore” Zerah unto Judah, that this meant Zerah had a copy of Judah’s Y chromosome.

October 2, 2011 at 7:39 pm