Were the original Hebrews black

Answer 1

Scholars say that the Hebrew people were actually descendants of dissident Canaanites who left the coastal cities to settle in the Canaanite hinterland, and that centuries later they developed legendary stories that separated them from their Canaanite neighbours. Thus, the Hebrews were a West Semitic people, with dark brown skin and high noses, much like modern Sephardic Jews and Palestinians. Even the biblical story of their origins places the birthplace of Abraham in modern Iraq, where the ancestral people had dark brown skin and high noses. Either way, the early Hebrews were certainly not black.

Answer 2

The answer is yes, Judah had skin tones that would range from a

light golden brown like Beyonce.medium copper brown like Janet Jackson,or

a Dark Chocolate brown like Blair Underwood.Dna,anthropology,and Archaeology

have all confirmed this.Judah and all the original tribes of Yisrael were people of

colour with woolly hair and nubian features.

Answer 3

Of course not. This kind of speculation has been debunked by DNA testing.

Just as today, Israelites came in differing skin-tones, heights, and body-types. Our tradition is that the twelve sons of Jacob (the 12 Tribes) were not completely similar to each other in appearance, though none of them was really dark-skinned (Rashi commentary on Genesis 12:11).

Abraham and Sarah came from southern Iraq and their wider family from northern Iraq. Since DNA tests have shown that Jews intermarried infrequently throughout history, Abraham and his Israelite descendants probably looked like Jews today.

DNA testing of Jewish communities worldwide has shown that they are all interrelated and of Middle Eastern genetics, not African or Egyptian.

In 2000, the analysis of a report by Nicholas Wade "provided genetic witness that Jewish communities have, to a remarkable extent, retained their biological identity separate from their host populations, evidence of relatively little intermarriage or conversion into Judaism over the centuries. The results accord with Jewish history and tradition."

Answer 4

The people of Judah were a Semitic race, therefore brown skinned like the Arab people and some Sephardic Jews of today. The people sometimes called American negroes are black-skinned people originally from west Africa, and are entirely unrelated to the Semitic peoples.

Answer 5

Of course not. This kind of speculation has been debunked by DNA testing.

Just as today, Israelites came in differing skin-tones, heights, and body-types. Our tradition is that the twelve sons of Jacob (the 12 Tribes) were not completely similar to each other in appearance, though none of them was really dark-skinned (Rashi commentary on Genesis 12:11).
Abraham and Sarah came from southern Iraq and their wider family from northern Iraq. Since DNA tests have shown that Jews intermarried infrequently throughout history, Abraham and his Israelite descendants probably looked like Jews today.
DNA testing of Jewish communities worldwide has shown that they are all interrelated and of Middle Eastern genetics, not African or Egyptian.
In 2000, the analysis of a report by Nicholas Wade "provided genetic witness that Jewish communities have, to a remarkable extent, retained their biological identity separate from their host populations, evidence of relatively little intermarriage or conversion into Judaism over the centuries. The results accord with Jewish history and tradition."

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The only exception to this is the Ethiopian Jews, who show only a trace of DNA connection to other Jewish communities. Western ethnologists today hold the view that the Jews of Gondar (Ethiopia) either emerged from a Judaizing strain among Ethiopian Christians, or were converted by Yemeni Jews who crossed the Red Sea. A study by Professors Lucotte and Smets has shown that the genetic father of Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jews) was close to the Ethiopian non-Jewish populations. This is consistent with the theory that Beta Israel are descendants of ancient inhabitants of Ethiopia, not the Middle East. Hammer et al. in 2000, and the team of Shen in 2004, arrive at similar conclusions, namely that the DNA of the Ethiopian Jews probably indicates a conversion of local populations.It has been estimated that this happened some 2,000 years ago.

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Answer 6

The original Hebrews were likely of Semitic descent, but describing their exact racial characteristics is challenging due to the complexity and diversity within the ancient Hebrew population. Additionally, race is a social construct that may not align neatly with contemporary categories.

Answer 7

Black negro woman with light skin, from tribe of judah.

Answer 8

Iam a black negro from the tribe of judah.

Answer 9

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