Are the Nigerian IGBO people from the jewish descendants (Page 4)

D-guy  na waoo. Not only u, even me right 4rm my primary skul age i've been hearing this. Yet not cleared but can still beleive it as i grow up and read the bible, and see different Igbo names like Ada, Urim, Abia etc. see, the character of an Igboman is different 4rm all other tribes in nigeria. Each time i read the stories in the bible, i see the reasoning and acts of an Igboman in all the pple.both good ones and the bad eg like Moses' mother did when he was born, Moses himself at Jetro's house, and when he saw 2 pple fighting, Like Abraham with Sarah, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph when he had dreams at home, at prison and at Potifer's house, even the way Aaron and his sister wanted to overthrow Moses, to mention but few. what will i say of Aninias and Safariah? they behaved as true Igbofamily of 2day. Only close look will reavel this truth. So no doubt, me i beliv it. Finally, {take it or leave it} Igbos are the highest tribe that worship God in this present world. The white brought gospel 2us bt we r now taking the gospel 2them. I mean the real ones.

Posted: at 20-11-2008 01:09 PM (16 years ago) | Gistmaniac

am an igbo boy bt dat is a big lie, d igbo,s neve descended frm isreal. reason, d bible neve mention anything abt d igbo,s being among d 12 tribes of isreal which we all kn.
 

Posted: at 20-11-2008 07:03 PM (16 years ago) | Newbie

but i still love one nigeria chaa[ no fightings here just drop ur opinion] just for fun

Posted: at 29-11-2008 08:27 AM (16 years ago) | Gistmaniac

i don't think so they r bloody biafra people

Posted: at 31-01-2009 04:32 PM (16 years ago) | Newbie

It is wrong of you to call him/her an ignorant person.....thats its opinion. This is the main reason we are democratically backward in Naija....because other peoples opinions are not respected.

That said, you quote all this journals and texts....but have you actually read and understood any fully? What did the conclusions say? What was the premise of the argument studied? Did it mention specific proof of Igbo-Jewish descendancy or its purely of a speculative nature? Have there been further studies to verify the authenticity of the research done and finally where is the DNA test to prove it?

Until you can answer all these questions, you dont even have a case talk less of a solid one. And one more thing....dont gobble up all you read. The fact that it is published doesnt mean that it is TRUE! Learn to be more critical in your quest for knowledge or you might turn out to know less and less at the end of the day.

Posted: at 31-01-2009 06:11 PM (16 years ago) | Newbie

This is a very serious topic, it is not something we should argue about. Lets join heads together and solve this ok. I heard about this before oo, but i think i have made a good research about this it will also help everyone who wants to know more about this ok.

Please read this:First and foremost, they are adventurous and aggressive like the Jews. The Igbo and Jewish customs permit a man to raise children from his brother’s widow. Both the Igbos and the Jews have a common tradition of lengthy funeral ceremony (Genesis 50:1-3). Igbos and the Jews have common circumcision; date on the eight-day following the delivering of a male child. Igbos and the Jews use intermediaries in marriage negotiations, this is practicable in Igboland up till now. Abraham did it while negotiating Rebecca for Isaac (Genesis 24.). Many groups of scholars have the view that the Igbos originated from the Jewish stock. To make this view more acceptable, Olaudah Equiano, an Igbo ex-slave in London, who is said to have travelled widely, happens to be the first person to write about the Igbo tribe before his death in 1797. Equaino, in one of his findings, discovered that some names amongst the Igbos such as Uburu and even the “Igbo” itself are derived from Hebrew words.

Rev. J.T. Basden, an Anglican missionary, who worked in Igboland for over a decade, shared the opinion that the word ‘Igbo’ might be a shortening of a longer name of an Igbo influential ancestor. Another school of thought led by Late Professor Dike, whose book was expanded by I.C.U. Enochusi in his book: “The Living Document of Ekwulobia”, found out that the Igbos had three origins and settled in their homes in two different periods. According to them, the first branch of the Igbo was the Jewish stock who wandered through the Sudan and eventually settled at their current home earlier than 9th century A.D. Those Jewish Igbos have the same tradition and custom with the Jews of the Eastern World. They are the Nris, the Aros, the Igbo Ukwus, the Otuochas and so on.

As for geographical migrations and settlements, majority of Igbos are satisfied to accept the Israel hypothesis supported by the triple testimonies of oral tradition, Eri migration and the biblical evidence of Eri as a true historical descendant of Israel and the archaeological evidence.

Speaking on the origin of the Igbos, on behalf of Nri people, during an audience participation programme of Radio Nigeria on July 13, 1966, Ogbuefi Madubueze Enemmou was quoted as having said, “about two years ago, Israel government sent delegates to our place, Nri to confirm the historical relationship between Igbos and Hebrew people. We took Israeli officials round historical places in our town. They expressed surprise at what they observed as obvious similarities between our custom and theirs. Later, they could not help but conclude that Nri and Igbo in general are among the lost tribes of Israel”.

So I think it may be true, what do you think?

Ugo

Posted: at 31-01-2009 09:31 PM (16 years ago) | Newbie

no fact to back the stuff up
it is just some fabricated story

Posted: at 1-02-2009 03:57 AM (16 years ago) | Gistmaniac

fancy asking that question when u know thats the state Vixen is repping...

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Posted: at 1-02-2009 08:13 AM (16 years ago) | Addicted Hero

This is bullshit

Posted: at 1-02-2009 02:53 PM (16 years ago) | Newbie

egbe wat are you trying to say.

Posted: at 1-02-2009 03:44 PM (16 years ago) | Newbie