Sudan connection: Are Ethiopian Jews descendants of the ancient Israelites?

Sudan connection: Are Ethiopian Jews descendants of the ancient Israelites?

Genetic Literacy Project | 
A broad suite of genetic and historical evidence points to an ancient Jewish heritage for Ethiopian Jews, contradicting established theory ...
Exploring Prophet Muhammad’s Hebraic descent

Exploring Prophet Muhammad’s Hebraic descent

Genetic Literacy Project | 
In the West, the discussion on the origins of Prophet Muhammad has been the subject of limited studies. Traditional and ...
Are Sudanese Arabs?

Are Sudanese Arabs?

Sudan, once the largest and one of the most geographically diverse states in Africa, split into two countries in July ...
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Ethiopian Jewry: Genetics of the Beta Israel muddied by historical slave ownership

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Rarely mentioned by academics is the fact that Ethiopian Jews historically owned slaves. From a genetics perspective, it means this ...
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Beta Israel reconsidered: Defending the Israelite ancestry of Ethiopian Jews

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Ethiopian Jews are often portrayed in modern media and in some academic texts as having no true ancient ancestral connection ...
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Cohanim studies: Understanding the Ethiopian Beta Israel Jewish priesthood tradition

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Did the Beta Israel "forget" their ancient tradition of a male-descended Jewish priesthood? ...
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Evidence mounts of ancient Jewish roots of Beta Israel Ethiopian Jewry

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Many historians are convinced that Ethiopian Jews are medieval converts from Christianity. But mounting genetic evidence, and new scholarly research, ...
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Ethiopian Jews in Somalia: Tracing remnants of the Yibir

Genetic Literacy Project | 
The Yibir in Somalia is one of the few known Muslim communities worldwide that maintains Jewish descent. A genetic study ...
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Are genetic differences at the root of the Tutsi-Hutu Rwandan conflict?

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Is there a genetic difference between the Hutu and Tutsi groups in Rwanda? To understand the horrific genocide in Rwanda ...

References: The Sudan connection: Are Ethiopian Jews descendants of the ancient Israelites?

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The following is a complete list of references for "The Sudan connection: Are Ethiopian Jews descendants of the ancient Israelites," by Ibrahim Omer ...
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