INTRODUCTION
"Here is a paradox, a most ingenious paradox: an anthropological fact, many Christians may have much more Hebrew-Israelite blood in their veins than most of their Jewish neighbors." -- Alfred M. Lilienthal, "What Price Israel" (Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1953) 223.The statement above made by an anti-Zionist "Jew" reflects an idea we will add to in this document of questions and answers. Since most of the information concerning the identity of Biblical Israelites comes mostly from one side of the debate we felt it necessity to correctly state the facts that a growing number of people are beginning to see. These truth-seekers have learned through the Scriptures and from new or previously hidden archeological discoveries, that the "traditions of men" (Matt 15:2-6, 16:12; Col. 2:8, 1 Peter 1:18) have led Churchianity astray from the truth for a very long time. Many people unquestionably believe what they have "always heard" or what "everyone knows." They aren't as interested in what is true, but only in being acceptable in the eyes of others. The few who want to believe what is true, rather than what is fashionable, may not have had the chance to read both sides of the issue. This brief will provide an opportunity for those who do not believe what they have "always heard" before hearing the whole story. The Apostle Paul advised us of the wisdom of hearing a matter before we form opinions when he said: "if anyone supposes that he knows anything, he has not known as he ought to know," (I Corinthians 8:2). Be as noble as the Bereans who "received the word with all readiness of mind, and search the scriptures....to see if these things are so" (Acts 17:11). May the Spirit of Truth help you to discern what stands upon the Rock of Truth and what is built on the sinking sands of tradition.
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