phoenix wrote:Diri it's really interesting to hear about the Kurds relatedness to Jews and Basques.
If the Kurds are linked to the oldest stone age farmers in that region, that would suggest that the Kurds radiated out towards what is now Israel presumably, and gave rise to the Jewish nation, perhaps.
Of course there was that cataclysmic flood in these areas about 8000 years ago, so people may have dispersed after that to inhabit newly available regions.
Lots of food for thought Diri . . . I'll muse on this.
. . . Oh, and the picture is fabulous!
Most scholars agree that Abraham was from Ur (southern Mesopotamia) - and you've probably seen maps of the route he took when he travelled to "the promised land". It goes right through southern and south-western Kurdistan - one place being Riha (modern Urfa) where he was catapulted by locals (literally) off a mountain - only to be amazed at the great POND God created to recieve his fall - then and now full of fish (considered sacred)... There are stories of people dying after eating the fish from the pond...
Anyway - his wife Sarah was from Riha... She went south with him... Sarah as you probably know, is considered mother to Isac/Isak - while Abrahams other wife, Hajar, is considered mother to Ismael... And as the story goes: from Isac the nation of Israel was created - while from Ismael the nation of Arabia was created...
So your presumption/guess, is not as far-fetched as you'd think of it...
Furthermore, ties between the Kurds and the Jews are strenghtened by the fact that the when Babylonia sacked Israel and Jerusalem, the Jews were taken into exile and sent to northern Mesopotamia - which is todays South Kurdistan. To Hewlêr (Erbil), Duhok, Kerkûk and Silêmanî, to be more precise... The Jewish Rabbies were given permission (by the Babylonians) to convert the locals (if willing) and thus thousands of Kurds were converted to Judaism when the King of Adiabene (capital in modern Hewlêr) and his court accepted the new faith...
This is was around 600 BC - and the only time in history when grand scale conversion of "outsiders" has occured without any disputes or disagreement from any of the tribes - or later branches in the faith - of Israel... While later conversions have been disputed - such as the large scale conversian of Crimeans to Judaism - Which the more orthodox Jews don't accept...
Abraham was after that cataclysm which you speak of... (Ancient) Jewish history starts about 4000 BC...
Excellent!
Glad you liked it... And much to my joy!
Indeed a lot of food for thought...
Tons and loads of possibilities...
By the way - have you heard the myth about Kurdish origins regarding King Salamon and his (hundreds of) virgins sent as gifts?
