Elite History and the Exodus

Written by Robert Bruce Baird


Andrepparttar matter of who is doingrepparttar 109253 abusing isrepparttar 109254 most important thing we as a world full of equal people must ascertain. Who arerepparttar 109255 Benjaminites who were thrown out of Israel and later returned under Judas Maccabee? Who are these mercenaries who protected Egypt fromrepparttar 109256 Elephantine stronghold?

To be sure there are many perspectives onrepparttar 109257 history of Israel andrepparttar 109258 Jews. The next excerpt is from a group that I am not enamoured with to any great extent. I recommend a thorough analysis of their agenda despiterepparttar 109259 factual history they provide in this little snipette of their approach.

“The division of Israel took place underrepparttar 109260 rule of Rehoboam over Judah, Jeroboam over Israel, in 975 B.C. The House of Israel sinned through idolatry and were cast out ofrepparttar 109261 land in 721 B.C. and did not return. The House of Judah also sinned and were punished and banished to Babylon for seventy years, and a remnant of them under Ezra and Nehemiah returned as "the Jews" in 536 B.C. The term "Jews" is never inrepparttar 109262 Bible applied torepparttar 109263 Twelve Tribes or torepparttar 109264 Ten-tribed House of Israel. These were to be divorced fromrepparttar 109265 Mosaic law and lost to human history and knowledge, but known to God, re-covenanted in Christ, and to enjoyrepparttar 109266 Hebrew birthright inrepparttar 109267 isles ofrepparttar 109268 seas, to be His national evangelists torepparttar 109269 world, andrepparttar 109270 inheritors ofrepparttar 109271 Kingdom of God taken away fromrepparttar 109272 Jews and given to a Nation. It will be shown thatrepparttar 109273 British enjoy allrepparttar 109274 unconditional promises given torepparttar 109275 seed of Abraham inrepparttar 109276 Christian era and that therefore no other Nation can now replace them as Israel.

It was in 741 B.C. that Isaiah prophesied that ‘within three score and five years shall Ephraim be broken in pieces, that it be not a people.’ The final siege of Samaria andrepparttar 109277 deportation of Israel took place in 721 B.C. Subsequently in 676 B.C. Esar-Haddon completedrepparttar 109278 work begun and from this daterepparttar 109279 history ofrepparttar 109280 house of Israel ceases inrepparttar 109281 Scriptures, andrepparttar 109282 tale is taken up by Prophecy.

Judah was carried captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar in 603 B.C. andrepparttar 109283 Temple finally destroyed in 586 B.C. The word "Jew" is found forrepparttar 109284 first time inrepparttar 109285 Bible in II Kings 41:6, butrepparttar 109286 Second Book of Kings was not written tillrepparttar 109287 return of Judah and Benjamin afterrepparttar 109288 end ofrepparttar 109289 Babylonian captivity.” (9)

The House of Judah or David includes Solomon andrepparttar 109290 person who I was named after. Yes, Robertrepparttar 109291 Bruce andrepparttar 109292 Bruttii of Pythagoras’ Bruttium (Croton in Italy) and many other Keltic nobles have run things in most ofrepparttar 109293 world for a long time.

Elephantine Mercenary Jews or Hyksos Overlords of Egypt?

I have written one whole book onrepparttar 109294 matter of Who is a Jew and I did not include this specific quote in it. There are so many things I could include at this juncture. This quote is from a top academic and Egyptologist from Oxford.

“Less fortunate thanrepparttar 109295 Greeks, who could worship their gods unhampered and build sanctuaries to them inrepparttar 109296 Greek settlements inrepparttar 109297 Delta, {Such as Naucratis which is a Bilderberg or Physiocratic type of venture we have dealt with many times before.} wererepparttar 109298 Jews. Sincerepparttar 109299 time ofrepparttar 109300 XXVIth Dynasty they had formed a considerable part ofrepparttar 109301 garrison at Elephantine as mercenaries inrepparttar 109302 fortress defending Egypt from attack inrepparttar 109303 south. There they were allowed to build a temple to Yahve and his two female companions, Ashima and Anar, whose worship was not forbidden among Jews beforerepparttar 109304 introduction ofrepparttar 109305 unified religious law onrepparttar 109306 occasion ofrepparttar 109307 rebuilding of Yahve’s temple at Jerusalem in 515 B.C. The Jews of Elephantine also continued to enjoyrepparttar 109308 privilege of possessing a sanctuary of their own duringrepparttar 109309 Persian rule throughoutrepparttar 109310 fifth century; but clashes now and then took place between them andrepparttar 109311 native Egyptian population, probably as a result ofrepparttar 109312 increases of Egyptian nationalism under foreign domination.

Book Review: Signorelli. The Complete Paintings. by Tom Henry and Lawrence B. Korner

Written by Patrick Reyntiens


Signorelli seems to have picked uprepparttar reputation of being one ofrepparttar 109252 more eccentric artists inrepparttar 109253 history of Renaissance Italian art. This may well be because his major public commission, although well-known (indeed who could ignore it) is situated in Orvieto cathedral.

Orvieto is not Florence, nor is it Venice or Rome; consequently Signorelli, although given quite a bit of attention in Mrs Jamieson’s pioneering books, was not given much by Ruskin and not very much by Burkhardt. I haven’t been able to check with Sir Kenneth Clark, but I lay a bet that he has put Signorelli fairly far downrepparttar 109254 list. It may have arisen torepparttar 109255 (almost certainly) English cognoscenti, that Orvieto simply wasn’t as important as Siena, Florence, Venice and Rome; hence its being largely ignored. Consequentlyrepparttar 109256 art to be seen there would be thought not ofrepparttar 109257 first importance.

How wrong everybody has been. This magnificent book, fully illustrated, by Tom Henry and Lawrence B. Korner gives us, forrepparttar 109258 first time in art history, a superb over-view of Luca Signorelli, who turns out to have been one ofrepparttar 109259 most important painters ofrepparttar 109260 early Renaissance.

Signorelli was far more inventive and capable than Ghirlandaio, or even Benozzo Gozzoli. One ofrepparttar 109261 reasons why he has been so consistently overlooked and underestimated is simply his age. Dying atrepparttar 109262 age of 82 (as is thought) inrepparttar 109263 year 1523, some seven years after Leonardo da Vinci, he had already outlived his age. Signorelli’s style is anterior to that of Botticelli(Ob. 1504) because he was trained before Botticelli inrepparttar 109264 workshop of Piero della Francescahimself. In spite of his training in such circles, torepparttar 109265 uninitiated (and who was not so before this book was published?) his style seems almost derivative of that of Botticelli.

Butrepparttar 109266 moment this book is read with attention it is obvious that Signorelli’s mastery ofrepparttar 109267 nude and complex composition with figures was a trigger forrepparttar 109268 far more sensitive painting of Botticelli. The contrast betweenrepparttar 109269 two artists is enlightening. Whereas Signorelli was primarily a consummate designer and painter of frescoes, probably finished carefully al secco, but leaving a fair trail of easel-pictures behind as well, Botticelli was only tangentially involved in fresco cycles, (as inrepparttar 109270 Sistine Chapel– where Signorelli was paintings copiously as well) and was mostly a painter of altar-pieces, panel paintings, cassone, andrepparttar 109271 theatrical grand-presentations of ‘The Birth of Venus’ and ‘La Primavera'.

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