Were the Samaritans - Kushim (Blacks)?

Blogger Bernard Leeman writes: Since 1985 I have writing books and articles (all free on academia.edu) arguing that the reason why nothing has been found in the Egyptian Delta/Israel/Palestine confirming the history of the biblical Old Testament up until the 586 BC destruction of Jerusalem is that the Hebrew Captivity took place in modern day Sudan, that Moses was from Nubia, the Exodus passed down through Ethiopia to Southern Arabia and the Kingdom of Israel and Kingdom of Judah were between Taima in northern Arabia and Yemen in the south. I used evidence from the Ethiopian epic Kebra Nagast, Kamal Salibi’s work on place names in West Arabia, Chaim Rabin’s “Ancient West Arabian”, Sabean (Sheban) inscriptions in Ethiopia, archaeology in Nubia, and DNA. Now, a second look at DNA has strengthened my argument. 5% of Jews as a whole possess a special DNA marker known as the Priestly gene, which indicates descent from Aaron, brother of Moses. 43% of Ashkenazim (“European”) and 53% of Sephardic (“Oriental) priestly Jews have that gene. Here is map of the distribution of the priestly gene. It seems the probable origin is Nubia and that its bearers moved to South West Arabia. Later, it appears to support the Old Testament and other accounts that the Samaritan Jews of the Kingdom of Israel were from the northern Hijaz and deported to the Black and Caspian Sea area. Samaritan in Hebrew is “Kushi” and it also means “Black African”. The group with the highest percentage of the priestly gene is the pagan-Hebraic Lemba of Southern Africa – 9% for the general population and 58% for its priesthood, the Buba.

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