Are Ashkenazi Jew Direct descendants of the jews in the bible

[William Siegal]

Just want to know

 

[alsughasoughaiuyfygh]

http://www.the-scientist.com/?artic...21/title/Genetic-Roots-of-the-Ashkenazi-Jews/

The majority of Ashkenazi Jews are descended from prehistoric European women, according to study published today (October 8) in Nature Communications. While the Jewish religion began in the Near East, and the Ashkenazi Jews were believed to have origins in the early indigenous tribes of this region, new evidence from mitochondrial DNA, which is passed on exclusively from mother to child, suggests that female ancestors of most modern Ashkenazi Jews converted to Judaism in the north Mediterranean around 2,000 years ago and later in west and central Europe.

The new findings contradict previous assertions that Ashkenazi mitochondrial lineages originated in the Near East, or from mass conversions to Judaism in the Khazar kingdom, an empire in the north Caucasus region between Europe and Asia lasting from the 7th century to the 11th century whose leaders adopted Judaism. “We found that most of the maternal lineages don’t trace to the north Caucasus, which would be a proxy for the Khazarians, or to the Near East, but most of them emanate from Europe,” said coauthor Martin Richards, an archaeogeneticist at the University of Huddersfield in the U.K.

 

[William Siegal]

So what happen to the real Jewish People

 

[PollyJetix]

Does one have to be a direct descendant of Israel, to be considered a Jew?
I mean, Jesus had ancestors who were of Canaanite descent, and even of Moabite descent.
Remember Rahab and Ruth?

And not all who came out of Egypt, were Israel. It says that a "mixed multitude" went out with them.
What happened to those non-Israeli people? If they joined themselves to the worship of Yahweh, would they not have been assimilated into God's people?

It seems to me, from reading the Old Testament, if one joined themselves to God's people, and with all the heart and soul pursued the worship of Yahweh, then they were accepted into the people of God. They were allowed to intermarry, and thus their offspring could be considered full Jews.

That's the only way Jesus could be considered Jewish.

 

[William Siegal]

You have a established a reasonable standard on being Jewish. unfortunately that is not the standard used by rabbis and the majority of modern day Jews . Let's face it Jews do not accept people that are not European to convert to Judaism .
If you are not of the white race you are not perceived as being Jewish . It seem to me that Yahweh was accepting of all people . The Reality is modern Jews are not . The Ironic thing is that many of Them are not direct descendants of Isreal . Judaism should be a religion not a Nationality . The perception is you are a Jew because you come from a family of Jews . Being Jewish should be a matter of Choice not a matter of birth . Much Like being Christian or muslim

 

[PollyJetix]

You have a established a reasonable standard on being Jewish. unfortunately that is not the standard used by rabbis and the majority of modern day Jews . Let's face it Jews do not accept people that are not European to convert to Judaism .
If you are not of the white race you are not perceived as being Jewish . It seem to me that Yahweh was accepting of all people . The Reality is modern Jews are not . The Ironic thing is that many of Them are not direct descendants of Isreal . Judaism should be a religion not a Nationality . The perception is you are a Jew because you come from a family of Jews . Being Jewish should be a matter of Choice not a matter of birth . Much Like being Christian or muslim

Modern Orthodox Judaism is directly derived from the Pharisaism of Jesus' day.
And we know what He said about them.
Always looking on things after the flesh. After the outward appearance.
And neglecting the weightier matters of the Law.

As Paul said,

"For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God." Romans 2:28-29

 

[Dave-W]

Just want to know

Some are and some aren't. The Sephardic, Arabic and Yemenite Jews are more pure blood than the Ashkenazim.

 

[FireDragon76]

You have a established a reasonable standard on being Jewish. unfortunately that is not the standard used by rabbis and the majority of modern day Jews . Let's face it Jews do not accept people that are not European to convert to Judaism .
If you are not of the white race you are not perceived as being Jewish .

This is just not true. There are Jews in India and China that are not white.

The admixture of European genetics into Ashkenazic Jewish DNA is not surprising. the self-concept of Jewish identity predates modern genetics and is based on tribal understandings of peoples that doesn't necessarily have anything to do with race as we understand it today.

 

[PollyJetix]

Modern prejudice against non-white or Ashkenazi Jews is nothing more than blind self-importance. Same as with white prejudice against blacks. (Or black prejudice against whites.)