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From: "Hal Bradley" <>
Subject: RE: Tamar Tephi and British-Israelism (was Re: IR to IRELAND...)
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 08:23:21 -0800
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Reedpcgen [mailto:]
> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 2:05 AM
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> Subject: Re: Tamar Tephi and British-Israelism (was Re: IR to
> IRELAND...)
>
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>
> The British/Israelite tradition founded in the eighteenth and
> nineteenth
> centuries postulates a similar scenario, claiming that the
> prophet Jeremiah
> took a daughter of King Zedekiah along with his faithful
> scribe Ollam Fodlah
> (this is from memory, so will have to be substantiated in
> detail later),

I believe that Ollam Fodlah (which supposedly means "prophet") refers to
Jeremiah. Ollam Fodlah supposedly showed up in Ireland with his faithful
scribe Barak and the daughter of an "eastern king".

The Tanakh relates that Jeremiah, who was father-in-law to King Zedekiah,
took the king's daughters, which were his own granddaughters, and fled to
Egypt just prior to the sack of Jerusalem by the Babylonians in 586 BCE.
Accompanying him was his scribe, Baruch, who is also mentioned in the
Tanakh.

So, Jeremiah's party leaves Jerusalem, flees to Egypt, and then disappears
from the annals of history. Then, another party of similar description shows
up in Ireland.

There are other details to the story if anyone is interested. Just thought I
would clarify the parallels.

Hal Bradley


> into Egypt, and thence the party made their way to Basque
> Spain. I think Scota,
> daughter of Pharaoh Nectonibus (according to Irish
> tradition), died in Spain,
> but Heremon/Milesius made it with his host to Ireland.
> Actually, Irish
> (Transactions of the Royal Historical Society/formerly
> Kilkenny Journal)
> produce studies of word origins, archaeological finds (also
> reported in that
> Blackwater series), and even such things as instruments
> related to bagpipes
> found in Basque Spain and Ireland and Scythia, to claim
> similar connections.
>
> The desire to trace genealogy back to Adamic origin led
> Archibald F. Bennett,
> who was director of the Genealogical Society of Utah for
> decades, to accept the
> proposed connections to Biblical lineage via Ireland/Judah,
> Beli Mawr/Anna,
> Troy/Dardanus/Dan, Odin via similar origins, etc., and these
> were commented
> upon in Utah genealogical journals, and in Temple Ordinance
> Work. As a boy I
> had a large wall chart with all of these descents traced out,
> and at that point
> found it fascinating.
>
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>
> We'll undoubtedly post further clarifications and question arise.
>
> Paul
>

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