Naturally that depends on what literature you are talking about. I have the
impression (though this is not a subject in which I have done much reading)
that it is taken for granted by assyriologists. But among people who like
to make up mysteries and pursue them, of course, any other solution would be
preferable to the plain and simple one.
Jo Ann
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From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, September 30, 1999 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: Jewish-Celtic Connections?
>In a message dated 9-30-1999 7:45:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>[log in to unmask] writes:
>
>> I don't believe there is a genuine mystery here at all. It was the
custom
>> of the Assyrians to deport rebellious peoples, usually separating them
so
>> that they did not simply continue to exist as a body within the empire.
>> Like many other peoples of the area, the ten tribes were most likely
broken
>> up, provided with new homes where their individual trades were wanted,
>> provided new spouses in many cases, and assimilated into the larger
>> population of the near east.
>>
>> Jo Ann
>
>Are you saying that this is your opinion or that this is the consensus in
the
>literature?
>
>pat
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