Product Description

Tradition says that the Jews are part of the Arab family of nations, but this is now disputed. Archaeology has revealed a very early civilisation in the land known as Sumer in southern Mesopotamia, now southern Iraq, and this beautifully illustrated book argues that the Jews are not Semitic at all but the descendants of this culture, the earliest civilization in recorded history. Indeed, some Jewish practices hitherto considered to be entirely religious can now almost certainly be explained as strategy for national survival after the destruction of the original homeland.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1299646 in Books
• Published on: 1993
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 128 pages

Customer Reviews

Fun book. Samuel Noah Kramer suggested a similar
but less elaborate hypothesis in his History Begins at Sumer. Kramer thought Jews could be identified as "habiru"(he's not the only one who thinks habiru is awfully close to hebrew.) Kramer also suggested that the habiru are Sumerians, [or forerunners of the Sumerians], driven west by Akkadian [or Sumerian] conquest. Using like reasoning, Sassoon argues Jews would not then in origin be Semitic. [I may have details misremembered, it's been a few years.]
Sassoon credits Sumerians[Jews?] with superior ability and purpose, which shall be for everyone's benefit. [This may well be true in my opinion.] [I'm not Jewish, I'm not tooting the horn of my ethnic group.]
Beautiful pictures are in this book.