All your questions are predicated on the fact that you have swallowed the mainstream BS, ergo they are all flawed.
Study the history of the Hebrews (you have to go back to antediluvian times) and then come back and you'll see the errors in your thinking clear as day.
Quoting: Sigh 28872856 Why don't you explain those to me here in this thread? It's a perfect opportunity.
The question is really complex.
A good place to start is by realizing that the regions of Judea and Israel were two completely distinct geographical locations, cultures and religious belief systems, and only united for a comparatively short period.
The two histories have been blended into one.
But man, to get through the bullshit, you have to drop the a priori assumptions that everyone makes, the propaganda,the outright lies and go back to as close to source material as possible and THINK.
Exactly. I think a lot of people think of the modern state of Israel and Askhenazis when they hear "Hebrews". I was careful to call them what they were -- Hebrews; not Jews. "Jews" are a modern-age phenomena, having only been called so in the last few hundred years.
And like I said, apart from finding cuneiform stelae or Egyptian hieroglyphics, I think many of the Hebrew traditions, rituals, and beliefs are our closest link with that distant past high civilization.
Personally I think tracking it back to pre-Sumeria is the key.
If you look at a map of the Eurasian steppe you'll see that it extends from Mongolia to, roughly, Hungary.
When the Bible mentions Hebrews (and the history is quite sketchy)and the Egyptians "asians" (remembering that Asia is the old name for what is now Turkey they're talking about nomadic horse/ass/ and camel people, originally from the north.
Greek myths mention Hyperborea, and Orpheus etc.
It's one of those glossed over (deliberately) facts that those cultures were a lot more advanced than is believed.
Who invented sopa (soap) and steel?
Knowledge can be passed on orally (which engenders good memory) or by literacy (which doesn't).
A good place to leave ancient knowledge is with people with excellent memories and living in isolated regions, not subject to control by centralizing forces.
Hint:the Black Sea region is the central point where the nomads interacted.
It's history is VERY interesting.
