How the Persians Constructed the Jewish Identity - Prof. Jiang Xueqin - YouTube

How the Persians Constructed the Jewish Identity - Prof. Jiang Xueqin

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• Secret History #19: Dawn of the Jews

Explore how imperial powers shaped Jewish identity, from the Persian Empire to modern times. Professor Jiang Xueqin examines the historical context, including Cyrus the Great's edict and its impact. This thought-provoking lecture analyzes the complex interplay between religion, politics, and identity.

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So we will look at the beginning of the

Jewish people and I'm going to the

argument to you that Israel and the

Jewish identity are constructs of the

imperial imagination.

Okay. Um and this is hard to understand.

So I'm going to explain it to you slowly

but the idea is that because of its ge

geographic location Israel has always

been historically imported and as a

result different empires have tried to

manipulate the identity of Israel to

best um uh promote their own agenda or

policies. Okay. So um I know this is a

hard concept to understand but but we'll

we'll go for it slowly. And again, we're

spending like the rest of semester on

this major thesis of ours. Okay, so now

let's move on to Israel. Okay, we know

we now know about the Persian Empire,

how they managed their system and why

they are so effective. Okay, now let's

talk about Israel. So remember that we

read the Bible um and the Bible um came

about because David needed to justify

legitimize his rule and after branches

collapsed David created a Davidic

kingdom um in the Levant because Egypt

Anatolia Mesopania were preoccupied

right but because Lavant is so important

this kingdom doesn't really last that

long it lasts for like 80 200 years

Okay. Um after Solomon David's son dies,

Israel is divided into two parts. The

northern kingdom which gets conquered by

Assyria as well as Judah. Okay.

Jerusalem where which tries to maintain

the kingdom but doesn't last very long.

After some in history

um uh the Israelites are being pulled in

different directions. Okay. The

Anatolians, the Assyrians, the

Babylonians, the Egyptians because they

are strategically very important. And so

what's really hard for these empires is

how do we maintain control over

Jerusalem, okay? And they try different

techniques. They try um burning down

their city centers. Okay? So the

northern kingdom was destroyed. Uh you

might have heard of the 10 lost tribes

of Israel. Um they tried taking

hostages. Okay? But because this region

is so volatile, nothing really works.

And so the Jew Jerusalem, the Israelites

keep on rebelling. Okay.

Um,

so this is king of Judah. And what

happens is for the longest time the

Babylonians are trying to deal with the

Israelites. Okay? So they take hostages.

Okay? They take hostages like thousands

of them and move them to Babylon where

they become scribes, where they become

farmers, where they become merchants.

Okay?

Um but again the region is so

strategically important that Jerusalem

uh the Israelites they switch loyalties

all the time. Eventually the Babylonians

are so pissed off that they decided to

burn down their temple. Okay. And so at

this point in history then the

Israelites are now gone. Okay. Does that

make sense? The Israelites are gone now.

Um 587

to 6. We don't know when, but Babylon's

destroyed Jerusalem

because they cannot they they they tried

many techniques to try to control

Jerusalem. They can't do it. The

Israelites are too rebellious. Uh but

it's too strategically important. So

they destroy. So so they decide, you

know what, screw this. We'll just

destroy the city. Okay. So when this

happens, okay, this is really important

for understand. The Israelites are gone.

Okay, the people are still around. The

identity of the Israelites are now gone.

539 Cyrus the Great conquers Babylon.

Okay. And he says, "I want the

Israelites to return to Jerusalem." It's

called the Idict of Cyrus. All right?

And this is celebrated in the Bible.

What is controversial is why would he do

such a thing? Okay? Because again, the

Israelites are now gone.

um the Israelites who go who went to

Babylonia. They may still keep their

religion a bit but they no longer have

their land. They no longer they're they

have changed as a people. Okay. So as an

Israelite you pray in a temple but the

temple is now destroyed. So now you um

pray in a synagogue. Okay. So the people

have changed a great deal. So the

question now is why would Cas the great

go to Babylon said you know what I want

you Israelites to return to Jerusalem. I

want you to reconstitute the nation of

Israel. Why would he do that?

Okay. So, this is going to this is a

going to be a debate that will never

ever end. Okay. So, the Bible tells us

that Cyrus the great did this because

God told him to do that. Really simple.

God says, "I love my people. The

Israelites send them home." Okay? And

Cy, yes, of course, you're the great

God. I'll do so. Okay, guys. That's how

it happened. Okay. All right. So, there

are different explanations. Um maybe the

idea is that Cyrus wants to show all the

Persian Empire I'm religiously tolerant.

You can practice your religion. You can

set up your religion. That's what the

Persian Empire is. An open, tolerant,

generous empire. Okay, that's true.

What's also true is that Cyrus thought

himself as a righteous and merciful king

uh who wanted to be generous to

everyone. Okay, so he saw the Israelites

uh want home. He says, "Well, go home."

Okay. Um he it's also possible that

there's a faction within the Israelites

who supported his Babylon takeover.

Okay, I don't know if this is true. It's

probably not true, but we consider that

consider that as as a possibility that

the Israelites in Babylon supported his

takeover. And so to thank them, Cyrus

said, "Fine, I'll give you back

Jerusalem."

Um, another possibility is that uh when

Cyrus the great conquered Babylon, he

discovered that you know what these

Israelites are really good

administrators. And this is true found

history because remember the Israelites

have their Bible and the religion

requires them to study the Bible. And as

we discussed the Bible is one of debate,

openness, asking questions. And so these

are very literate intellectuals and they

rise up very high in the Babylon

administration. But this is true

throughout history where where Jewish

people will rise very high in all

empires include including the Islamic

empire including uh the American empire.

Okay.

Um I think the best reason for what

happen is divide and rule. Okay. So the

idea is that

you need to control the Levant because

Levant gives you access to Egypt which

is historically the wealthiest part of

the world. Okay. ever controls Egypt

controls the world. So what you do is

you set up a group of people in the

Levant that are only loyal to you. Okay?

Does that make sense? Okay. You set up

people in the Levant that only exist

because you, the empire, allow them to

exist. If you the empire did not support

them, then the locals, the everyone in

that region would would get rid of them

right away. Okay? And that's why we have

the Jews. So the Jews were invented by

the Persians to control the Leavant. The

Jews is actually a Persian term. Okay.

So before the Jews were of course the

Israelites. Now we have the Jews.

All right. So

um this is Jerusalem. And as you can see

what's really important to understand is

that this is actually only a really

small part of the Lat. But this part is

specifically for the Jews. Um, and it's

part of this Persian province called

Beyond the River. Okay? And they call it

the province of Yahoo. That's that's why

we have the term Jews. Okay? Because

they are part of the province of Yahoo.

And and what's really important to

understand is they're surrounded by

enemies. The Samrians are Israelites who

have stayed in the Lant. Okay? Do you

understand?

So most people around them are in fact

ishraelites who uh adapted to local

circumstances and that means that they

practice different religions. That also

means that they married foreign women as

well but they still consume consume as

Israelites. Okay? Right? Does that make

sense guys?

what but what happens is that these

exiles from Babylon, they come back and

they say, "No, we're the true

Israelites. You guys are the false

Israelites. The reason why we're true is

we have stayed loyal to um our

religion." Okay? So what's going to

happen over the next few decades is

almost a civil war between Israelites

who've stayed and Israelites who left

but come back. All right? All right. And

this is what the Persian Empire wants in

order to maintain stability in the

Levant. Right? Because you have this

small minority um of exiles from Avalon

who've come back and they're in conflict

with everyone else. All right? This is

divine rule. So these are my three

predictions.

First of all, they're going to rebuild

the temple of Solomon.

Okay? They're going to build the third

temple by destroying the eyes like moss.

They're going to do that sooner or

later. Okay? That's the first thing

they're going to do. And and you can you

know why? Because when we when we read

the Bible, you can see how how happy

they were, okay? Because they felt

completed. They felt as though God is

with us. God has forgiven us. God loves

us. Okay? So building a third temple is

crucial to the identity of Israel today.

Okay? So they're going to do this and

it's going to cause a lot of problems

because again the mosque is the third

holiest site in the Islamic world and

it's going to create a lot of conflict

between Israel and the Islamic world.

Okay, do they care? Not really. Okay.

Number two, you can see how um when the

Jews returned, they were convinced that

they were forced out of Jerusalem

because they offended God. Okay? So in

other words, if Jews want to maintain

control over Israel, they need to obey

the laws of God, which means that they

become a theocracy. Okay? Now, now I'm

not sure if you've been to Israel. I've

been to Israel. And if you go to place

like Tel Aviv, it's a very open,

liberal, cosmopolitan, forward-looking

place. Okay? I think that um Tel Aviv

has um one of the world's highest

concentrations of gays in the world.

Okay.

Guess what? That's that's gone. Okay. As

Israel develops over time, it's become

more and more of a theocracy where the

Bible is the law. Okay. And the third

thing is that we we can expect that as

the past past Judeaic expands, more and

more Jews will return to Israel. Look,

the reality is this. If you look at the

Middle East, Israel is the greatest

power in the Middle East. There's no

force in the Middle East that can

prevent Israel from expanding and

expanding including the pacts Judeica

which is their ambition. Okay. So um

this is just an introduction but the

thing I want you guys to remember is

that first of all the Jewish identity it

is uh fluid. It's flexible. It's open.

It was created by empire for the purpose

of maintaining empire. Okay? And we're

going to see this throughout history as

well. All right. So, um, is was this

clear to you guys? Are there any

questions about today? Okay. Yeah.

So, how does the the Persian state

control like Persian control of

uh of Jerusalem

transfer to modern day society? Like,

how does it still work? because I think

we're seeing like a a trend that

is Israel's going kind of more back to

to like depending on the Bible and

everything. So, how does it like

transfer to modern day society and all

the conflicts that's happening?

Okay, so Persia wanted to divide and

conquer the Lavant. Okay. They're afraid

that if one if the LA becomes too

stable, the vant might settle with Egypt

or another power and they lose control

of the Levant um which directly impacts

your capacity to trade and control um

the world. Okay. So the way you control

the Levant is you create this entity

um that has conflict with everyone else.

And now what happens is that both this

entity um

um Jerusalem and the its enemies rely on

you Persia to manage a conflict. Okay?

And this what's happening today in

Israel because who's the empire?

America's the empire, right? Israel has

all these conflicts with nations in the

Middle East, right? They have conflicts

with Turkey. They have conflicts with

Egypt. They have conflicts with uh the

Gulf nations. They have conflicts with

basically everyone. Okay. So, who does

everyone require need to manage this

conflict? America, right? Saudi Arabia,

Israel, Turkey, Egypt, they all require

the United States to come in and say,

"Hey guys, let's just get along. We're

just one big family." Okay? This is all

intentional in order for America to

maintain dominance over the Middle East.

Who's very unhappy about this? Which

nation is very unhappy about this?

Israel. Okay.

Right. Israel is going to piss about

this. So we can expect that over time

what's going to happen is a major major

conflict between America and Israel.

There's going to be a divorce basically.

And my argument to you is that um Israel

will win this conflict and as a result

Israel will become the dominant power in

the Middle East because the Jews know

their own history. The Jews read the

Bible every day. They know what the

Persians did. They know what the British

did. They know what the Americans are

doing today. They don't like they don't

they don't want this. They don't they

don't want to become a servant a slave

to empire. They are ser servant and

slave to their god but they don't become

a servant and slave to the empire. So

they need to get rid of the empire and

establish a sovereignty.

Okay? And that's why there's so much

conflict in the Middle East today

because Israel needs to figure out how

to get rid of the American Empire so

that they can be independent and um

fully achieve their sovereignty. Okay.

Does that make sense?

Yeah. I think one question I have is

about like I think currently the Jews

stop attacking Palestines.

Okay guys, guys. Okay, this is really

important. Okay, don't say the Jews.

Okay, there are different groups.

There's the Israelites. The Israelites

are the time of King David. They're

gone. Okay, let's forget the Israelites.

There are the Jews and the Jews are

people who practice Judaism. Okay, then

there are the Israelis. Israelis are

citizens of the nation of Israel. It's

the Israelis that are doing this, not

the Jews. There's a difference, okay?

The Jews are spread out throughout the

world, okay? What we call the Jewish

diaspora. And there are a lot of Jews in

the world who oppose the nation of

Israel because well, what nation nation

is is doing they believe goes against

the will of God. Okay. So, Israelis not

Jews. Okay.

Okay. So the Israelis is

I think like the news just disappears

about how Israelis attacks Palestine.

It's just because

previously is it was like all on those

host searches but recently we can just

it's just just gone the newses.

Okay. Um look the reality is that if you

read the Bible it's clear what's going

to happen. Uh, Israel is going to clear

the West Bank and Gaza of Palestinians

to re to establish their theocratic

state. Okay? They can't have

Palestinians and Arabs around. It has to

be completely Jewish.

Um, and these Palestinians can be moved

elsewhere to Jordan, to Egypt. They

don't really care. Okay? But but this

process process will take time.

Okay. Okay. All right. Any more

questions, guys?

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@davey6058

3 months ago

Dr. Jiang is not depressed, loves his life, is in good health, uses adequate fall prevention/protection equipment, does not abuse substances, drives defensively, and is reactionary to imminent local environmental hazards

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@unknowninfinium4353

3 months ago

What's up classmates.

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@bohobabie5987

3 months ago

When they left, they had brown skin, when they came, they had white skin🫣😂

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@noodlelicious.

3 months ago

As a literate, I used to feel lonely because nobody can share what I learnt. Now I feel liberated knowing there are folks out with the same thinking as mine.

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@chanceyoung9100

3 months ago

Monday morning class! Letsgoooo

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@ambrosemorgan7022

2 months ago

Can't believe that you didn't mention any of the Zoroastrian beliefs that found their way into the Jewish religion during their stay in Persia.

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@chrisblack1906

3 months ago

The modern day jew is not the same as the Israelites of the Bible... two entirely different groups of people.

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@Thisisnolongerajoke

3 months ago

They cry out in pain while they whip you.

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@oferreiradelima4436

2 months ago

Nice intro, Dr. Jiang! It's interesting to add that the old levantines were politheists, and Jawe/Jehu was a foreign god introduced by southerner tribes that invaded the region by the end of the bronze age. It was a god of the desert, war and thunderstorms. The tribe of Jehu conquered the southern kingdom and banded other tribes to fight against the bronze age invasions that were occupying the Levant (sea people). (Jehu)Salem was taken as their seat of power, but it was actually a much older settlement. The cult of Jehu initially was celebrated along with other levantine and even mesopotamian gods. In the action of Tel Arad (modern Israel), archaeologists Found an old temple dedicated to Jawe (Jehovah) were the figure of the god was represented along another figure of a tree, representing a female goddess, probably it's wife, Asherah (Astarte). In the book of Kings, one can realise how the priests from Jerusalem condemned the people from both the kingdoms (southern Judah and northern Israel) for worshiping other gods than Jahu (Jehovah). Even the kings were not monotheists, mostly. Only in the Babylonian diaspora the monotheist religion would be constructed "as we know", from Zoroastrian influence. Away from the temple and the royal lineage "lost", the authority would fall to the priesthood. The old texts from different traditions, both northern and southern, would be altered to serve this new narrative. But there are still many hints of these alterations and their original meanings.

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@Cd11998

3 months ago

Man why couldn’t I take this class in college

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@coppernapper9858

3 months ago

Prof nonchalantly explaining the end times.

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@claudiamaurer7657

1 month ago

good class

@fortunatomartino8549

3 months ago

The middle men from the beginning

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@pritulkhan1395

3 months ago

Protect this man at all costs

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@DrWondertainment821

2 days ago

I've watched several of these videos and I thought this was a mock class until I heard that guy cough.

@fogofatuo1

3 months ago

I've started downloading Jiang's lectures as a backup measure. No particular reason or anything.

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@amaljamal5703

3 months ago

If the Americans turn against Israelis as you say, then thats the end of that colonial state in the Middle East. There is no way that they are going to survive without the empire's backing.

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@moerahman6749

3 months ago

Better download this before the community who claims to be powerless uses its disproportionate power and influence to force YouTube to remove it.

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@tonybonesLD

3 months ago (edited)

It’s a bunch of European conquerors who hijacked the culture. They’re strategically placed there so they can steal rare earth minerals to slay the whole world with the world government. But it’s not just them. There’s plenty others that supposed to be enemies that are actually partners.

Don’t take my word for it 🤷🏽‍♂️

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@brian2196

3 months ago

Aside from claiming you're GOD himself, can anybody name something, anything more Supremacist than proclaiming that you are "God's Chosen People"?

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@BLOODANDSTONEHISTORY

3 months ago

I did a detailed video on this topic. Cyrus is their messiah, persia gives rome sol invictus and mithraism, then their magi right in the measiah story. Adding duality, heaven hell, ressurection and apocalypse logic into jewish religion, which it didnt have before. Yamnaya to levant are akkadians and amorites sub branches of hurrians. Shared script ideology and invasion tactics, sun gos authority shamesh and smiege also debt slavery at the same time and Chariots used from sintashta

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@dozerdlx4183

3 months ago

So great full that I have found the podcast of all podcasts. Totally left everyone behind to listen to Professor Jiang.

@Wilhelm8989

3 months ago

Question, if being Jewish doesn’t require being Jewish religiously, how many generations of religious disconnect revokes the Jewish identity?

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@jemzargo

1 month ago

Good stuff

@dillonpeterson1658

3 months ago

In the words of Norman Finkelstein “there isn’t a Jewish people. It’s a religion, not an ethnicity”.

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@notaras1985

3 months ago

Dr Jian is NOT having suicidal tendencies!!!!

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@Delmy1111

1 month ago

Cyrus the Great introduced the 'One God' concept to them because that was the Zoroastrian belief, before this they were a nomadic tribe who practiced polytheism (like the worship of the bull headed God Moloch) also, their scriptures were written right after this period, taking ideas and stories from other religions of the time.

@justinamusyoka4986

3 months ago

All our Christian pastors should watch this and debate it,starting with pastor John Hagee who preaches those who bless Israel will be blessed,without differentiating Biblical Israel and the secular one.

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@Nina.ek.eli.

3 months ago

One of the absolute most important lesson this year and all years for eternity 👏. Thank you Professor!

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@nowthen3150

3 months ago

What an incredibly awesome lecture!! Thank you.

@davidmckercher892

3 months ago

I would love to know your interpretation of Shlomo sands theory on the invention of the Jewish people.

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@jimfleece2880

3 months ago

[00:00] Introduction to the Jewish identity as a construct of the imperial imagination.

[00:59] The establishment and division of the Davidic Kingdom and its collapse.

[01:44] Imperial attempts to control Jerusalem and the Israelites.

[02:35] The Babylonian Captivity and the destruction of the first Temple, leading to the end of the original Israelite identity.

[03:50] Cyrus the Great's Edict allowing the exiles to return to Jerusalem.

[04:53] Biblical and political explanations for Cyrus's decision.

[06:39] The "Divide and Rule" strategy as the best explanation for Cyrus's actions.

[07:25] The invention of the "Jews" as a Persian term and a strategically placed minority.

[08:12] The conflict between the returning exiles and the Israelites who stayed in the Levant (Samaritans).

[09:16] The Persian Empire's goal of maintaining stability through internal conflict.

[09:32] Three Predictions for Israel's Future: Rebuilding the Third Temple.

[10:23] Israel's shift towards becoming a Theocracy.

[11:15] The expansion of the "Pax Judaica."

[12:00] Discussion on how the Persian "Divide and Rule" strategy relates to the modern American Empire and Israel.

[13:54] Prediction of a major conflict and "divorce" between the US and Israel.

[15:12] Clarification on the distinction between Israelites, Jews, and Israelis.

[16:23] Discussion on Israel's future plan to establish a theocratic state by clearing the West Bank and Gaza.

@frederiquecouture3924

3 months ago

Grateful for this finalizing lecture.

@beenschmokin

3 months ago

The exact same way Rome invented Catholicism.

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@somaliyardiedaDoN

2 months ago

Dr Jian is now on a watchlist😢

@rudolfsykora3505

3 months ago

Did you know dna tests are illegal in Israel? No wonder current prime minister uses changed name as he was born in Eastern Europe with last name ending "ski"

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@LugalComain-k5wh

3 months ago

yiddish is german

@boardoffisheries8640

3 months ago

Netanyahu went to high school in Philadelphia

@LugalComain-k5wh

3 months ago

@boardoffisheries8640 my grandmother was in his class..with sylvester stallone

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@igormeltser4446

3 months ago

@boardoffisheries8640 he grew up in America, he fakes his English accent, he's fake.

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@reemhabboushe5465

3 months ago

@boardoffisheries8640 The pricey Main Line of Philadelphia, in Elkins Park area.

Not in any indigent area of Philadelphia, and not in Center City.

@shukeelc5177

3 months ago

Yes his real Polish name is Milekowski. His grandfather changed the family to name to steal Hebrew identity

@rudolfsykora3505

3 months ago

@shukeelc5177 as well as all prime ministers before , its Prusia team. That year 1848 was something 👌

@djsteveyo

2 months ago

cousin of javier milei in argentina? hmmm

@bigchedds8389

2 months ago

@shukeelc5177 his real name is milekowsky. Sky is Russian which is a very prominent part of ! S'rael population.

Their family squatted in Poland that doesn't make them polish.

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@rowdyriemer

3 months ago

As others mentioned, it's not a blanket ban. In addition to hiding the genetic drift within their own population, they probably also want to obscure the common ancestry they share with Palestinians, who are about as much related to the people living on that land a 2000 years ago as the Israelis today. (IIRC, various Jewish and Palestinians share roughlly 1/3 of their ancestry with the folks from 2k years ago.)

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@sullyValentine-o5s

3 months ago

2:53 thousands of years, switching loyalties, and crying wolf

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@gullybull5568

3 months ago

It's funny how he leaves out the Babylonian captivity and he he just breezes over it

@RANIANAYEEM

3 months ago

0:45 Imagination wow mic drop on the people who think that so called country has a right on the land where blood of innocent children is spilled.

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@kaboom4986

3 months ago (edited)

He comes right out & says it: "lsrael & the Jewish identity are constructs of the imperial imagination". They were Persians who showed up 3500 yrs ago and were stealing Canaanite Semites land occupied already 15,000 years ago.

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@poppinc8145

3 months ago

Most of them weren't Persians.

@NatalieRath

3 months ago

15:34 Thanks for the clarification

@benjamindahari3208

3 months ago

First of all he clearly stated it was a certain group of Israelites returning and second only samaria and judea was Israelite the reason why the judean jews became the continuation was because samaria was destroyed and its people dispersed

@nl5455

3 months ago

No, "Israelis" were Jews that were taken out of Israel, but replanted back into Israel by the Persians. It is not Persians who take over "Israel", it is "Israelis" who were allowed to go back to the Levant and they followed the rule of the Persians, who were the empire at that time.

@EmilGhiurau

3 months ago

@nl5455 what do you mean planted? Books Ezra and Nehemiah talks clearly what motivated them coming back, for the love of their land and God stirring up Nehemiahs heart.

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@MajdouLine-4i

2 months ago

@nl5455 The Israelites were not jews. Judaism is a religion founded by Moses in the African desert; before Moses, there were no Jews. Israel is a tribe name not a land. In the Old Testament, the is no land of Israel

@verenatuna9010

3 months ago

The Levant is just a tiny part of Shem's territory.

The first people to dwell in Canaan (against God's will), the original Canaanites ("Natufiens"), were actually a group of North/West Africans (descending from a progenitor named Cham/Ham), from outside the territory of Shem.

Semitic tribes - mainly Arameans (they founded Aramean City States within ancient Canaan - like e.g. "Aram Damascus")

- and Chaldeans (amongst the latter Abraham and Lot) - migrated into the Levant from the EAST.

DNA proves them to have originated from the CAUCASUS and Northern Mesopotamia.

@verenatuna9010

3 months ago (edited)

"Japheth in the land of Shem" were:

1. this early tribe which originated in the Pontiac Caspian Steppe - Madai, son of Japheth - and father of the so- called "INDO- ARYAN" Medes and Persians, Tocharyans, Hurrians, Skythians, etc.

2. The much, much later invading groups from the Altai/Aral regions in Siberia - namely the TURKS (Ashkenaz and other Japhethic tribes).

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@lapilulecryptee7518

3 months ago (edited)

Japhet in the tent of Shem..

Ishmaelites/Midianites in the middle between Shem and Japhet

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@camtoufan3704

1 month ago

It is always good to explain hard stuff to understand slowly, much obliged.

@skanthaadsigns

3 months ago

Apologies for being a day late for lecture Prof 🎉

@Badbentham

3 months ago

With hindsight, Cyrus made a decision that had quite the historical ramifications; also for the future of his own country. - In an alternate timeline, larger parts of the world might believe in Ahura Mazda today.

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@nowthen3150

1 month ago

Prof Jiang is a brilliant man

@gsmp3744

3 months ago

Guys, its all about money. The people at the top using religion to keep the public brain dead and scamming our tax.

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@حسينعفر-ض1ز

3 months ago

احسنت استاذنا

@jayhon1830

1 month ago

This is my second lesson with u if I get thru this one and it makes me feel like the last one u will have a new student. Thanks again in advance now back to the lesson

@odiferousmusky1299

3 months ago

I agree with what has been said but Israel would never last five minutes without the US.

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@GuyGustafson

3 months ago

Wonder how long this will stay up for? Watching it immidiately

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@himurahaibara1459

3 months ago

I think the most sneaky move was making it ethnic identity instead of just specific name for someone who follows specific religion.

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@HK_20_25

3 months ago

Good morning professor Jiang.

@Berijik10

3 months ago

A common lad with multiferous academic background saltues you sir. You have profound knowledge which needs to be sensed, used and digested . 🎉🎉🎉🎉from Pakistan❤

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@habibhassan-s2s

3 months ago

Prof. Jiang Xueqin is a great professor and knowledgeable

@KG-SA

3 months ago

Watch the documentary Europa: the final battle. Learn the truth hidden for so long.

@SkreaminSkramp

3 months ago

I'm convinced there are people that just follow this guy to dislike his videos. that's so silly. IDF going to have to try harder😂

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@davidvanwilliams7754

3 months ago

May God continue to Bless You.

@marcusyazzie1672

3 months ago

Morning yall from NM

@crhu319

3 months ago

1:58 there is no archaeology or DNA to back up this "ten lost tribes" nonsense, nor any northern kingdom ever existing. No Moses no Solomon

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@paparomeo4336

2 months ago

Greetings from America. Thank you for teaching the truth over there.🙏

@oumdead9542

3 months ago

The way in which Prof. Jiang Xueqin drops straight facts that'd be shocking to hear in a western university like they're nothing is hilarious 😂

- The Bible came about because David needed to justify and legitimize his rule

- This is true through history, where jewish people rise very high in all empires including the Islamic empire, and the American empire

- If you read the Bible, it's clear what's gonna happen: Israel will clear the West bank and Gaza of Palestinians to establish their theocratic state. Okay?

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@timmyburch6500

3 months ago

The noticing will continue

@TerryHirchberg

2 weeks ago

Some books say Cyrus was the grandson of the Jewish Queen Ester in the Bible.

@Chicho680

3 months ago

Dios le bendiga Profesor! Por favor podría activar el audio en Español, eso ayudaría muchísimo

@yyyhj7895

3 months ago

Most of any history America has is mostly a lie.

@LoFiNic2025

3 months ago

Thanks Prof! God bless you...❤️🙏

@ghinausedtotravel7307

3 months ago

The edict of Cyrus doesnt mention the israelites, the bible leverages it for themselves

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@phonephixer

3 months ago

He's withholding information. I wonder why.

@greekygeeky

1 month ago

This is amazing, fascinating information.

@Southern_Grown_Organics

3 months ago

😂😂😂

10:57

Wait what?

Peter Theil I see you

@user-pl5pu6it5x

3 months ago

prof. Jiang, Jews religion was different before Cyrus.

Jews started to make Judaism after influence of Persia.

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@Mi.Mo.

3 months ago

It seems that everybody wants the Levant unstable.

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@HaarkenTheWorldclaimer

3 months ago

I'm pretty sure they have a long history of co-opting and adopting other people's culture and posing it as their own.

Hebrew is a conlang of Greek.

They've been doing this since Tutenkhamen was still a pharaoh.

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@bisanaghbari2342

3 months ago

This guy reads history really well and can, therefore, foresee common unfolding in the future.

@fortunatomartino8549

3 months ago

They've always been this way

@strategymythbuster

3 months ago

7:10 sounds like AIPAC?

@douggaudiosi14

1 month ago

The Noticing intensifies

@ric2play

3 months ago

Is ‘King David’ even historical?

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@JDogB-tc3lx

3 months ago

The Samaritans were not Israelites, just to clarify. They were converts, not original Israelites.

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@IreneMcintyre-v9m

3 months ago

This guy is telling truth 24/7 & I love ❤him!!!

@donHooligan

3 months ago (edited)

Pay attention (intentional or unintentional) bigots... 15:20

man, this could be clipped into a vital vid.

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@TheMatrix_Illuminati

3 months ago

Remember prof Xiang are fine and never kill himselt.

@tocbac9122

3 days ago

Thank you Professor Jiang.

May God bless peace among

Jewish and Chinese and

Christian and Muslim people

American and Islamic people

and other ethnic groups.

@Duedain

3 months ago

10:40 Tel Aviv, stolen from the inhabitants in 1989 by the Israeli Occupation force.

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@henrylimothy

3 months ago

What could the names of this guy’s modules possibly be lol

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@CL-uk8ld

3 months ago

Thank you so much 😊

@zakairherar5250

1 month ago

Many people make a mistake by thinking Persian only means modern Iranian people, but that is not correct. Persian was a civilisation, culture, and language, not a single modern nationality. Ancient Persian empires included lands of today’s Afghanistan (Ariana/Khorasan), Iran, Central Asia, and beyond. The Persians played a major role in preserving Jewish identity, especially when Cyrus the Great freed the Jews from Babylon, allowed them to return to Jerusalem, and rebuild their Temple. This was not just an Iranian act, but a Persian imperial policy, shared by peoples of the wider Persian world, including Afghan ancestors. So Persian heritage belongs to Afghans as well, and history should not be narrowed to modern borders

@synkari

3 weeks ago

Here to assert that professor Jiang is not suicidal!

@chamber3593

3 months ago

I think something could be said about Hindu identity, which was created by the British. The British basically combined all the native traditions and culture into one Hindu religion with the help of Brahmins. The British were also pretty woke/orientalist in the early 20th century and gave this spiritual aura to Hinduism, which is not unique to Hinduism at all.

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@JJsThoughts7

3 months ago

Everything I've seen points to Isra being desperate for continued U.S support. I don't see them standing on their own.

@SMOOTHPANA

3 months ago

Very good lesson and the truth in the details.

@nneely613

3 months ago

Im not sure how he came up with this hypothesis, but he's painfully wrong about Israel having conflict with the UAE, Turkey, and Egypt. They are all collaborators. What the hell is he talking about? Any conflict you see on Orwellian corporate news that Israel has with Sunni states is pure theater

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@coolvania

3 months ago

Israel was promised Prof Jiang’s classroom over 2000 years ago, according to Judaic prophecies

@vajkosd

3 months ago

thank you Professor, you are one of the true Educators and have earned my respect, thank you for very clearly breaking down a complex topic and making it Blindly Clear and Simple as Only someone who truly understands a topic can. Thank you for your good work educating and waking up minds, that is the work of a Bodhisattva and as a Buddhist Priest you do your people Proud, thank you honorable and honored one 🤯

@theedwardian

3 months ago

Khazarian mongol-turks

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@mehdiroghani5740

2 months ago

I don't know him. However, he speaks as he have already made his decision about wo is right or wrong. When he is talking about Persian Empire, he forgets that there was no Islam at that time and not even Christ. Maybe Persian support Jews for purposes of politics or humanity but it hasn't to do with Islam at the time since Islam was non existent. One thing he was right in his speech, was that there was no mention of Palestine in ancient times which is true. There was no nation or tribal groups by that name in that area whatsoever. So, they shouldn't be there even now. Persian always stand with Israel and Israelis 💚💚💚🤍🤍🤍❤❤❤🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

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@mashtea818

2 months ago

Amazing thank you

@mansooraqureshi2696

3 months ago

Persians saved Jews,accorded to them dignity,safety,.security....

How they are paying in return?

It is noteworthy!

@Admin-zg3rn

3 months ago

It's so nice to see someone who has real knowledge about these things

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@laurettascalzo6900

2 months ago

Thank you...

@robbienorlyn

2 months ago

This video is so lacking in factual content and academic content. Where is this individual accredited?

@AngelAPAVLOVSCornDog

3 months ago

✍️👀🦻

@Affectionate12

2 months ago

From Pakistan! Dear prof. you are doing a great job and you are one of the best presenters in history. You are literally helping the entire world in learning our correct history worldwide, which has been torn, mixed up, and a lot of it just intentionally invented by the rich powerful kings of this world so they can all keep the thinking minds in their areas, under control.

Keep up the great job prof. Much Love to you

@asaadddfa

3 months ago (edited)

This person demonstrates no grasp of basic chronology or even the correct names of places and people.

"Jewish identity" was born with the destruction of the first Israelite Temple, and the smuggling out of the Talmud and several sages, who oversaw the evolution of Judaism from a local city-state belief system into an abstract, ideological religion based in the diaspora.

"Jewish identity" is also perhaps the most consistently reinforced ancient identity, by genetics across the diaspora. Unless you have some other way to explain consistent Y-dna among Jews from India to California to Ethiopia?

Anything else this person says is more of the "motivated reasoning" that may just be click farming, for all of its coherence.

Beware of "educators" like this. His material is full of it, from what little ive seen.

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@uhh222

3 months ago

“The (6th c. BCE) Israelites had their Bible.” No evidence for that. Prof. Yonatan Adler says no tangible evidence of Torah practice until ~ 200 BCE. Elephantine Jews were completely ignorant of Moses, Torah. Our Bible is essentially a post-Alexander fictional saga.

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@sh8nn0n92

3 months ago

Well done!🎉

@mohabatkhanmalak1161

3 months ago

Going back in history, my views are the same about the reason the Persians facilitated the return and re-establishment of the Jews in the Levant. The Persians wanted a buffer state between them and the Egyptians. Plus the Jews were good technocrats, traders, and financiers. Most of the time the small kingdoms of the Levant, Egypt, Babylon, Persia were at peace with eachother, so having a technocratic state in the region was advatageous.

@FrazzleDazzle9

3 months ago

I believe your dismissing the idea that ‘God told Cyrus’ is a fundamental misreading: Cyrus followed the divinely ordained religion of Zoroaster, hence his lofty principles (such as you rightly noted, tolerance & freedom of religion, etc. which was a fundamental cornerstone for his successes). His declaration of the first human bill of rights, emanates from his religious beliefs. It also demonstrates how moral principles, when allowed to supersede political ambitions (a rarity) creates a society that is more at peace & ease. Today many Persians/Iranians disillusioned with the Islamic republic aspire to a world that reflects more of what Cyrus the Great stood for.

@hedemannstrasse

3 months ago

I would really enjoy a discussion between the professor and Mearsheimer

@ciaronsmith4995

2 months ago

Iran invented monotheism.

Zoroastrianism led to the creation of all monotheistic faiths.

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@tomdeitch2305

3 months ago

"So what Im trying to tell you guys..."

"Okay?"

"Right?"

"Does this make sense?"

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@tracejohnson7777

2 weeks ago

the Muslim world’s defense pact of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan and others could actually do something to limit Israel’s aggression. Many empires have been beaten before when a collection of middle and lesser powers ally.

@TheFirstTheLast-g4t

3 months ago

So the Jews should thank Iran for giving them identity? what an interesting theory 😀 i hope we can publish the story in Tel Aviv.

@StopTyranny-k2z

3 months ago

No mention of the Khazars ?

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@SixersVJEDGEC0MBE

2 months ago

I love these videos

@UweSeelerTheGreatest

3 months ago

Sounds like the story of the USA and Israel

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@BaronSquanch

3 months ago

There's an important question the professor unfortunately doesn't clarify. The Israelites in the Bible are identical to the Palestinians. The Israelites who are currently ethnically cleansing the Palestinians are not. This information shouldn't be omitted. There's a reason Israel banned

DNA testing. Precisely for this reason. It is very negligent that the professor did not clarify this.

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@guitarplayer30001

2 months ago

cheers to the questions from the class

@AS_GEMAR_FF

3 months ago

I didn’t expect anything when I picked up Manifest the Divine by Elena River. But wow… it felt like someone finally explained manifestation in a way my brain could accept. Been seeing little blessings pop up everywhere since. ❤

@wadedavies3924

3 months ago

Divide and rule is a proven strategy that has been used throughout history. It is no coincidence that after WW2 several countries were divided in two and we have the Cold War stand off between Communism and Capitalism. The first civil war in the US consisted of two competing factions of American financial interests. The fact that one faction was able to subjugate the other and reunify the nation is significant also. Who ever is orchestrating history prefers the divide and conquer model of civil wars over the revolutionary model which is why they created a fake revolution known to us as Communism that they fund and support.

@ramborhan2005

3 months ago

"And We warned the Children of Israel in the Scripture, “You will certainly cause corruption in the land twice, and you will become extremely arrogant" - Al-Quran, 17:4

@NS4L1683

2 months ago

Fascinating

@auggiemarsh8682

3 months ago

Friendly reminder for everyone watching:

The claim in this lecture (that the Babylonian Exile never happened and that the Persians essentially invented Jewish identity and wrote the Torah) is not accepted by any mainstream historian or archaeologist, whether in Israel, Europe, North America, or even most scholars in China.

We have:

• Babylonian Chronicle tablets that explicitly record Nebuchadnezzar’s siege and conquest of Jerusalem in 597 and 587/586 BCE

• Archaeological destruction layers in Jerusalem, Lachish, and dozens of Judean sites dated exactly to 587/586 BCE

• Babylonian ration tablets from Babylon that list ‘Yaḫûkīnu king of Judah’ (Jehoiachin) and his sons receiving food

• The Lachish Ostraca describing the final months before the fall of Jerusalem

The idea that the entire Torah was composed as Persian propaganda in the 5th–4th century BCE also contradicts the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Septuagint (translated ~250 BCE), and hundreds of linguistic and textual studies.

Critical scholarship does place the final redaction of many biblical books in the Persian period, but that is very different from saying the whole exile story is fiction.

Always good to enjoy alternative theories, but this one is considered fringe/pseudo-history by the global academic community. Check the sources above if you want to dig deeper!

@AGW188

3 months ago

Thank you for apparently being the one voice of sanity in the room.

@cyrusgronk9316

3 months ago

The video is antisemitic because it doesnt agree with ur imagined view of history 😢

@auggiemarsh8682

3 months ago

@cyrusgronk9316 bot! Blocked! You’re the problem with the world

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@yt-1161

3 months ago

What does he smoke ? Israel without US support couldn't survive a second in the middle east

@pnjwck

2 months ago

15:38 fantastic accuracy by the Professor

@ReyMy-0

3 months ago

Palestinians are the Canaanites/ Juda/ Hebrews/Arabs descent. Not some east European people

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@bulentosmane

3 months ago

Rubbish. There was no israel, there were the semites. And the semites are the indigenous people's the Palestinians. Israel is a construct made up of Europeans from Ukraine and Poland. Sorry professor you are mixing apples and oranges

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@interstellarvulpes7789

2 weeks ago

I love when she asked him to explain or go further into depth and he just repeated himself.

@DavidJohnson-dc8lu

3 months ago

Where are you getting your bloody information from, and where are the dates. As I study ancient Kemet, you come to realise there was no bloody Israel, it was just Canaan up until 665BC. The proof of this is that Taharqa 25th Dynasty is mentioned in the bible for going into Jerusalem to save the Hebrews from Assyrian attack. However, if you read his stele, he mentions nothing about Jerusalem or Hebrews, he goes into Canaan-Syria (Retebu-Kabet), because his God Amun-Ra promises him these lands to rule beneath his sandals, this is documented historic facts of his actions and why he did what he done (which led to his downfall and the loss of Kemet). Now, you look into Auset and Heru, and see that the Greeks and Roman's turned these ancient Kemetic deities into a white Mary and Jesus. Auset and Heru where ancient Kemetic deities, that came with their profound spiritual stories for remembrance, but essentically Auset is the Sirius constellation with the Virgo (Virgin) arisen and Heru is the sun (Son) and basically it is to do with the winter solstice where you have the longest day of the year around December 22nd, and then the sun rises a minute early each day. Furthermore, the Greeks took ancient Kemetic knowledge and swindled the Axum/Ethiopians into writing the first bible. The Axum Kingdom was probably desperate for power of the Kushites (Sudanese) who were invisible before their fall.

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@lisabahouth8893

3 months ago

15:00 no it does not make sense. This may be why people think this guy is a zio.

@VB-us3cx

1 month ago

As a Persian, on behalf of my ancestors, I sincerely apologize to the world.

@Dcypha77

3 months ago

"Jews read the bible", no, they read the Talmud.

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@Michael-t1o7e

3 months ago

It’s the start of a series. Next, any other group, national or religious identity. They are all divisive constructs of the mind. There will never be peace and true cooperation until the mind is unmasked and transcended. It’s not the neighbor’s fault, the politicians’ corruption, the bankers , pharmaceutical etc. It’s the human mind whose self-awareness and authenticity are dormant that needs investigating at the individual level.

@yaftali1434

3 months ago

Where there is civilization, Persians are there 👏🏻

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@ArYan-fx3ty

3 months ago

7:33 😂 this is just a schizophernic claim.

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@AnaisVerny

3 months ago

This man is a legend

@truthdisseminator

3 months ago (edited)

Several things:

(1) yesterday's Israelites are today known as Palestinians; the Ashkenazi settlers who created Israel are of Asiatic origin and are not related to the Israelites.

(2) Cyrus brought the Jews (Palestinians) back to Jerusalem for the same reason that Omar the Caliph and Salahuddin (Saladin) brought them back. Whoever submits to God cannot be hindered from their prayers. This is why there's the concept of "people of the book" in Islam.

(3) Prof Jiang makes the assertion that Cyrus wanted to divide-and-conquer the Jews without any proof.

(4) Al-Aqsa IS the third temple. The Ashkenazi are out of luck.

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@Hermesborugerdian

3 months ago

As a Persian Jew, I appreciate some of the correct facts, but I do not appreciate propagating political agenda while talking about ancient history; this is a oversimplification and jumping over many other significant details which frankly makes this lecture non-linear, confusing and minimized to propaganda.

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@harbifm766766

3 months ago (edited)

I always wondered why the J resamble the Persian or Iranians a loooooot in many many cutural aspects..even Asknaz sounded like a persian word

@avicohen1930

3 months ago

Dear Prof.Jiang, i saw your presentation and it has many inaccuracies. Here are a number of facts that are not well represnted in the presentation:

1. IMHO the way you use the different names of "Israel" is confusing. The "Israelites" are the old name that was used to describe all the 12 tribes before they had an actual kingdom, as in the time of the exodus from Egypt. The correct Hebrew name is "Bnei Israel", when Israel is another name for Jacob, who had 12 sons, the patriarchs of the Israelites. Among those Sons, was Judeah (Yehuda the correct form) which became an influential tribe later on. Then as you mentioned, the time of the unified kingdom "Israel", which split into 2 different kingdoms Israel and Judeah (from the Judeah tribe, plus the Levite tribe the priesthood). The "Kingdom of Israel" was exiled and destroyed by the Assyrians, and thus the 10 lost tribes, and was left only the "Kingdom of Judeah". They were exiled to Babylon. They kept their cultural and religious identity in Babylon, and became the "Jews" as you say in English (from the name Judeah and correctly pronounced Yehudim).

2. Now you take the English name "Jews" and claim that it is a total new creation of the Babylonians, but you should use the original names in Hebrew and Aramaic which is Yehudim יהודים (plural and singualr is Yehudi יהודי). If you know Hebrew you can see that this is just the name Judeah יהודה in the adjective form, which makes total sense. The word "Jews" is just an English form. The assumption that it shows a creation of a new identity, is false.

3. The area around the returning Jews from Babylon were not "Israelites" , and not "Ishraelites" (Im not sure if that a mistake in the pronounciation or you are trying to refer to the Ishmaelites, which are a totally different ethnic group), except for the Samaritans, which its possible were some "Israelites" that were left and married foreign women (against the rules of Moses and Israel). The rest were Edomite, Amonite, Moabites, esc...That is why the returning Jews didnt accept them as Jews.

4. whether the Babylonian saw the Jews as their allies, emisarries, or their extention, doesnt negate the fact that the Jews had their own real cultural and religious identity, and their own national aspirations. As such they are NOT a foreign power. In this short video i havent seen any evidence to support that assumption either. For the modern time assumption, if you refer to Israel as an extention of the "American" Imperial power, that is false as well, as USA support Israel only after 1969, and before that boycotted Israel, and didnt supply it military aid due to the influence of the Arab Boycott.

5. Israel is still cosmopolitan and the only true democracy in the Middle East, with real elections. Israel had control over Jerusalem and the El-Aqsa and golden dome mosque since 1967. They could have destroyed it at that war time, and any time since then in those 57 years, but they didnt. in fact, it is forbidden according to Rabbais today for "purity" reasons.

6. The holiness of Jerusalem for Muslims is only according to Hadith and not according to the Quran, which is a lesser authority (The Hadith are stories about Muhammad which were collected over time, and later were critisized and minimized by Islamic critiques who checked the validity of their claims, since the stories were used as an influence tool by different Muslim groups). The Hadith of the Muhammad visit to the Al Aqsa (the farthest Mosque) described a city with a wall, but at Muhammad time Jerusalem didnt had a wall. It was circulaed at the time of the house of Ummiyad, who was in conflict with another house, and didnt let them pilgrimage to Mecca, so they needed another holly site). Jerusalem as a name doesnt show in the Quran.

7. I dont believe you have answered the question of the student at the end. I will answer him: The "attacks on Palestinians" as he refered to them, is a 2 years war on 7 fronts that Israel is fighting due to the massacredone by the Palestinians on 7 oct 2023, where they raped, killed, maimed citizens of Israel, Women, Children, Men, Jews, Arabs, and even foreign Thai agricultural workers, in most horrible ways you can imagine, and after they took more than 200 hostages, and after they promised to repeat the massacre again and again. Israel was fighting "not attacking innocent Palestinians" in Gaza, West Bank, Hezbollah in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, Iran and Houties in Yemen, who all joined the war against Israel. The reason you dont hear much about it, is that the US had declared a "cease fire" in Gaza, under certain conditions that the terror organization Hamas which represents the Palestinians need to fulfill, and in return Israel need to fulfill its part. Hamas has continuosly broke the agreement, by attacking Israeli soldiers in the cease fire line called the yellow line, and by delaying the return of hostages bodies. Israel non the less, try to continue the agreement to apease USA, and get back the last bodies of the hostages. I also guess there is a media fatigue from the story.

8. will be happy to further explain any other subjects.

@mikev4621

3 months ago

Jews are Judahites - a jewish name , not a Persian name

@Owl-of-Minerva

3 months ago

All cultures are stories 🙂

@dapperduncle1972

2 months ago

Damn, as an Iranian, I love the jews even more now 🤣

@zanta_

1 month ago

I feel proud of the people watching this, even more of a professor standing against lies. 🙏

@cadilacdesert

1 day ago

Professor, you are freaking awesome

@mattbycer4084

3 months ago

There are so many bad assumptions in Prof's lectures, and conflation between modern and Biblical times.

Look at Tel Aviv today to construe how "cosmopolitan and democratic" the land of Israel was in 500 BCE?!? A joke?

@yarakodmous8818

3 months ago

Religious books are NOT history books.

@SergioLopez-to7ny

2 months ago

Becareful doc!

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@p.i.8004

3 months ago

i dont believe one word of the bible.

@ezrabraig7086

3 months ago (edited)

5:05 ahhh I see. You dont believe in God haha. The bible is the most sold and bought book in human history with the most ancient manuscripts in human history and its the book translated in the most languages, in human history. Its categorically the number one piece of literature ever. The nay-sayers are just opinionated. The guy is bringing up archeological evidence confirming the historical accuracy of the bible, but he just doesn't believe in the Most high God. Classic.

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@Rootz2000

2 months ago

Time to learn.

@abisaibautista763

2 months ago

7:32 esa es la lección de historia más brutal del mundo

@mukesh_bombay

2 months ago

can't tell you how much I appreciate the distinction between Jews and Israelis made by Prof. Jiang Xueqin

@ThePenangkia

13 hours ago

Ronnie Chieng's big bro.

@malta77

2 months ago

New subscriber here!!

@AwajeAKUKI

3 months ago

real Prof

@graystar777

2 months ago

The great noticing continues. ✅💯🎯🙏🏻🙏🏽🙏✝️

@robertkucher6081

3 months ago

This guy is going to take on that arc, isn't he?

@ewc58

2 months ago (edited)

Prof, the Kingdom of Israel and Kingdom of Judah are 2 different entities. You blended the 2 the entire presentation. The Assyrians took all the Israelites north, while the Babylonians took Judah and brought Judean captives there. This is a key distinction with lots of possibilities and implications that make some folks very uncomfortable. The question is who are the real lost tribes, and where did they go in history?

@DivineLogos

2 months ago

Nice to see Cyrus the Great gets the credit he deserves from prof.Jiang. A seriously underrated legend of history.

@jason6360

2 months ago

Q & A at 15:00 is so important right now.

@Mojtala41

10 days ago

Now, I understand why we Iranians have this proverb: “As, It was me, myself, who created it, damn to me!”

@MR.Mehran61

3 months ago

I am an Iranian saying this: Israel has no Problem with anybody. Those countries have problem with Israel

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@21GeminiSun

3 months ago

Is there a longer version of this lecture

@miguelpereira7934

2 months ago

Thanks...

@Hager_hamassien

3 months ago

Professor can you also make a video on the history of Jewish contributions in science and art

@Rafael-nm7uz

2 months ago

Guy is so good that he covert dumb questions in good answers

@ArtoriasOfDaAbbys

2 months ago

A true hero of Mankind😎

@RichardGeresGerbil

3 months ago

I could argue nearly everything is a construct

@ezrabraig7086

3 months ago (edited)

1:30. The Tel-El Amarna tablets confirm Joshua's conquest of Canaan. The time between Moses and the exile to Babylon is around 860 years of Israel's existence in the land, kingdoms of Israel and Judah, Israel was deported by Assyria in 722 B.C. and Judah deported to Babylon in 586 B.C.

@redleaftraining4u

3 months ago

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@ricardoholloway650

3 months ago

Asians are always the best teachers. They know how to just get right to the point with out missing anything

@Ador828

2 days ago

Great at explaining lots of history in minute sure they have empire sustaining it

@Bazookuss

3 months ago

The pope has Dagon on his hat

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@someflower795

3 months ago

I just listened prof. Yonatan Adler´s interview and his understanding, based on his research, was that there probably was not one Israel that was divided into Israel and Judea. His conclusion is that Israel, the northern territory, and Judea, the area around Jerusalem, were already originally two different areas. Israelites were just the people from the northern area and they have vanished/assimilated into other nations (around 700 BCE). According to Adler, Torah and its myths were introduced to Jewish people around 250 BCE by some leading class. They had created the biblical stories filling gaps in some older text remnants that had been carved into stone. Jewish people did exist long before they had any Torah but after getting the Torah, they began to understand themselves through its stories. Which of course also means Judaism, religion of the jews, is not their original religion and above all, not as old as it claims. And by the way, Yonatan Adler is Israeli, living in (modern day) Israel😊

@EvelynGarcia-iz7yg

3 months ago

This makes me want to go back to school

@DKLGalactus5

1 month ago

That's the biggest I pad I have ever seen.

@jorad4887

3 months ago

In US they make history up and we're lied to about everything and everything was created by descendents of Europeans while Prof jiang gives facts adds to historical contents giving us real data and history and how it's lead by today

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@ya-ali-ai

3 months ago

But where was that empire? There were just a number of independent towns competing against each other..

@cjtrickstar6060

2 months ago

Who forged the guy with the second question transcripts? 🤔

@panagiotis1519

3 months ago

No mention of the Greeks, interesting omission. And what about Egypt's response to what was happening in the region?

@PMunk

2 months ago

Leviticus 25:8-55 describes the practice of debt jubilee. While commonly regarded as a divine prescription in the Hebrew Bible, there is evidence to suggest that a similar practice was carried out in Mesopotamia. The practice of debt forgiveness, which included the restoration of confiscated land and release of bonded servants and slaves is expected to rotate through a 50-year cycle - a period of approximately 3 generations in the second century BCE - it is also reported by economics Professor Richard Wolff to have been practiced at the ascension of a new ruler which is expected to garner the favor of the (conquered) population.

@chrischarles9213

3 months ago

How could they be called "Jews" when the letter "J" wasn't even in existence at that time😏🤔⁉️

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@lukeyznaga7627

3 months ago

I subscribed.

@TrailBrak3r

3 months ago

The ancient Persian name for Jew was Kalim.

It wasn’t until after the life of William Shakespeare (1564-1616) that the modern English alphabet welcomed “J” as its 26th and final letter. In fact, first-edition copies of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet from 1597 were titled Romeo and Iuliet, as the letter “I” was often used as a written substitute for words with a “J” sound in English. In order to fully understand the letter’s origins, however, we need to go all the way back to ancient Roman times.

@Birdy5775

3 months ago

And phéniciens, so much important, please !🎉😊❤🙏kisses from France 🎉😊

@ElseNoOone

2 months ago

لو سمحت بروفيسور تحدث عن المتهودين يهود الخزر.

شكرا لكم ولجهودكم.

@ryanwhite6859

2 months ago

Go even deeper.

@StbOffiziell

3 months ago

Well done

He should point out that Mug( Magi Magus Magnus Magician) which were in south iran from the cast mobad(moab) Elite iranian priest cast From elam where in babylon and practised polytiistic religion were apointed By cyrus to preach the new gospel of monotoism ( Story of Daniel In the lionspit)

@monkeysbarking5814

2 months ago (edited)

Their race is their religion, and so is mine

Amend that: their IDENTITY is their religion, thanks Prof Jiang

@youngblood6411

3 months ago

Where did the Israelites come from before settling in the Levant?

@androcracy

3 months ago

For those of us who actually love history & archeology… 🤯 this guy is a charlatan, I just don’t know if he’s paid CCP propagandist.

@55AZ55

2 months ago

Factual !

@americanancestrydecoded

2 months ago

The goddess Astarte/ Ishtar used by Askens bc he’s correct: that is a Persian goddess used as the mascot of the Asken. Their last major stronghold before becoming Eastern Europe “Jews” was Astrakhan in the 1500s.

@natr0n

3 months ago

My father was a Persian Jew and He accepted Jesus.

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@gstrdms

4 days ago

15:50 It's not all of them, it's just 80% of them. But you're right, not all...

@DearProfessorRF

3 months ago

I’m so glad the professor is in China and can teach this openly without risking losing his job or worse.

@DeeAvollo

3 months ago

Protect this man at all costs.

@AL-cc2lj

3 months ago

WHATEVER U SAY WILL NOT EVER JUSTIFY THAT A SMALL GP AMONG MANY LARGER GPS CAN SAY THIS IS THEIR LAND. PALESTINIANS R THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF PALESTINE 🇵🇸 RIGHT NOW ✅

@Wally_Gator-l4o

6 days ago

Isrselis are literally worshippers of Baal. Even Epstein had accounts in the name of Baal.

@LordJagd

3 months ago

Iranians evolved into a monotheistic religion through Zoroastrianism, and so when the Judeans took that idea they rewrote their own scriptures to make it look like they were monotheistic the whole time, but that’s ultimately why Judaism is so contradictory at its core, it’s based on a haphazard retcon

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@TraderDCF

3 months ago

Uncle A was the good guy. For real.

@CharlesDaniels-lp4ut

2 months ago

The invention of the Jewish people we work now is on YouTube prepare to be blown away

@RickyDeBono.DeProgram

3 months ago

A little too much acceptance regarding ethnic cleaning, but at least he's telling it like it is.

@Collusionspeculator

3 months ago

Ts scares the shit out of me.

@so_za10

3 days ago (edited)

Interesting but reading many sources is always a wise thing to do ; provide mistakes. Nothing say that "Yehoudi" (jew) as a persian origin - i cannot find anyway. But persian empire had certainly influence on Israelite people ...

@AChicagolandMeteorite

2 months ago

Of course Cyrus knew they were good administrative peoples. That's all that they understand. Dogma

@I_Feel_Like_JOYBOY

3 months ago

Time to notice

@GodRlz

3 months ago

14:17 You’re right. Israel will dominate the United States through the biggest betrayal in the history of humanity.

When you put all your trust in one person, as you do with a best friend, you can EXPECT betrayal if that person has a blemished heart. The Israeli government loves and respects no one but the power it seeks.

America will be like: “Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me." —Psalm 41:9

The saddest thing is that it’s so evident, but the US government can’t see it. We’re like the friendless kid who wants a best friend badly. Sad.

@Elnohim

3 months ago

One question I have. Why is the Davidic Kingdom being spoken about when the only place it exit is in the bible? We know that the bible is not a history book and actual history gives us the bible. The deeper part to my question is, " What is actual history around the time the Davidic is "SAID" to have existed?

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@TheSteelKingoftheNorth

2 months ago

Interested in how the khazars didn't get mentioned during this lesson

@BLOODANDSTONEHISTORY

3 months ago

Continuity hint. Greater israel is the old neo assyria. Its also the sykes picot layout.

@jonam7589

1 month ago

Grateful people! And now they are trying to destroy Iran killing thousands of Persians! May God save us from them!

@Anacanda-h2x

3 months ago (edited)

85% of Jews around the world are dependents of converts to the Jewish faith, in fact Palestinians are indigenous to the land, they are genetically descendants of the biblical Canaanites first then became the Israelites later. They converted to other faiths, the religion of those conquered them later

@noamyehezkel-tq8hv

12 days ago

Jiang Xueqin’s views on Palestinians and a Palestinian state are primarily framed through his "Predictive History" and "Geo-Strategy" frameworks, which treat modern conflicts as results of historical patterns and external psychological manipulation rather than just local disputes.

Based on his recent lectures and public content:

1. View of the Conflict as a "Trap"

Jiang often characterizes the struggle in Gaza and the West Bank as a geopolitical trap.

He has argued that the escalation of conflict is often manufactured or encouraged by what he calls "priestly" or elite forces to provoke a wider war (particularly with Iran).

In this view, he often frames Palestinians as being caught in a cycle of "guerrilla warfare" and "asymmetric conflict" that mirrors historical precedents like the Vietnam War, suggesting that the ultimate goal of these conflicts is to shift global power dynamics.

2. Analysis of Hamas and Strategy

Jiang has analyzed groups like Hamas not necessarily through a religious lens, but through a strategic lens.

He has discussed "Hamas’ strategy" in terms of how it forces a reaction from the State of Israel, which he then uses to argue his broader points about the instability of Western-backed structures in the Middle East.

He tends to treat Palestinian militant actions as a logical outcome of "asymmetric" geopolitical pressure rather than purely ideological or Islamist movements.

3. Stance on a Palestinian State

While he does not explicitly advocate for a specific political solution (like a one-state or two-state solution) in the traditional diplomatic sense, his rhetoric is consistently anti-Zionist.

Delegitimization of Israel: By claiming that Jewish identity was a "Persian construction" and that the State of Israel is driven by "Christian Zionist" extremism, he implicitly supports the idea that the current Israeli state structure is an artificial imposition on the region.

Palestinian Indigeneity: While he critiques the "manufacturing" of Jewish identity, his lectures generally avoid applying the same "constructionist" critique to Palestinian identity, often positioning the regional Arab presence as the baseline that is being disrupted by external Western/Zionist forces.

4. Comparison to the Vietnam War

A recurring theme in his work is the comparison of the Palestinian struggle to the Vietnam War.

He uses this comparison to suggest that a smaller, technologically "inferior" force (the Palestinians) can use guerrilla tactics to exhaust a more powerful state (Israel) and its international backers (the U.S.).

This framing suggests he views the Palestinian cause as part of a broader "anti-imperialist" or "multipolar" push against Western hegemony.

Summary Table: Jiang's Perspective on Palestine

Aspect Jiang Xueqin's Framing

Palestinian Cause Viewed as a tool of "asymmetric warfare" against Western influence.

The State of Israel Framed as an artificial entity driven by extremist "Christian Zionism."

Violence/Conflict Often described as a "trap" designed to draw the world into a larger war.

Historical Parallel Frequently compares the situation in Gaza to the Vietnam War.

@suzirhae

3 months ago

It’s all in the Art History. The Ottoman Empire was the Star Forts all over the world. Once you see it, you can never unsee it.

@psycod2548

2 months ago

Collect all his videos and keep them safe and copy them and make them accessible online.

@ZenithAfeyleon

3 months ago

14:20😮

@Adventurer-y6y

2 months ago

Tiny hats = huge problems

@andreielefant

1 month ago

He is sooooo funny 😅😅😅😅

@WhatWhy42

2 months ago

15:00 If Israel divorces the United States I would be surprised... USA is the scapegoat in this situation.. at least it seems like it at the moment.

@vampireducks1622

3 months ago

[Haven't watched this yet. But:] Jewish identity as we know it was constructed in stages. The first stage - adoption of Biblical texts as authoritative - came about probably in the Hasmonean period , so starting in the late 2nd century BC, i.e. much later than the Persian period. (This is the view of scholars like Reinhard Kratz and Yonatan Adler.) Rabbinic (i.e. Talmudic) Judaism, which became the orthodoxy, took even longer to develop. The Mishnah wasn't compiled until around 200 CE and the Gemara is thought to have taken its final not until the 6th century CE.

@josebravo1976

2 months ago

Answered to the truth doesn’t equal math

@ruyaal

3 months ago

He’s assuming that the isralites had high posts in the Babylonian administration. This assertion has no historical basis. The Israelites were mostly slaves and had a priestly literate group, but can’t be generalised of the whole Israelites population.

@Surdashery_com

3 months ago

Interesting

@NumMyr

3 months ago

Where to find his entire video on the topic

@merton6715

2 months ago

David dominated a trade war for 40 years

@jasonolszanicky4035

3 months ago

Funny it is a modern problem. 1948

The Bible? I don't do fiction.

@maddcharity1721

3 months ago

Fighting the empire while creating their own empire. They are all the same to me.

@greatguy2141

2 months ago

5:32 In the book "Babylon's Banksters" it is claimed that the Israelites bribed Cyrus to let them return to Jerusalem.

@Westin_poe

2 months ago

This dude is wild. I thought this was a high school class in hk? Is he really doing this as part of the curriculum?

@BadNewsChannel

3 months ago

How convenient that its always some empire being scapegoated for THEIR sins.

@llIIlllIIllllIIIIIlIIl

3 months ago

When ever i meet a new pwrson from now on i ask thier religon.

This last 3 years has shown me😊

@BKboy4life

2 months ago

I grew up in Brooklyn NY, there were people with Jewish last names who were gay, some eating pork during our work meetings, others doing drugs at the night club. Others who wore traditional clothing and attire, they were not and are not Gods chosen people, they are varied from many different places and backgrounds. Bless them as children of God like everyone else and respect others property and belongings. When I lived somewhere unsafe, I moved around people who wanted the same things as I did, you can't force your way of life on other people period.

@angelovillasenor6325

3 months ago

I’m late I got pulled over for speeding but I’m here 🙋🏿‍♀️

@_azurejake

2 days ago

The Israelites in King Cyrus's time didn't have the bible they had Moses's law and the early versions of the Torah. Also the Jews of today do not believe in the bible they rejected Jesus and are paving the way for their Messiah.

@mugimesh

3 months ago

This prof is kinda slay

@abdusshakoorsaafir3985

2 months ago

The Jewish identity is based on supremacist fairytales.

@IbraTsory

3 months ago

Wow interesting

@usmanibrahim7459

1 month ago

The European Ashkenazis whose ancestors converted to Judaism for political expediency are not part of this history, they are neither Semites nor descendants of Jacob.

@keithgodfrey2023

2 months ago

We need all his classes saved ,way better than useless university UK Australia

@thoughtsinc6345

3 months ago

While he covers a general overview i think he has some mistakes as for the reason why rebuilding the temple of Solomons. But his classification of Israelites, Jews and Israelis is very spot on.

@meanearo

3 months ago

Wait until this man discovers the Samaritans (the original Israelites)

@yonj3269

1 month ago

Judaism was a missionary religion, not an identity or a people.

@KennethJefferson-z2i

3 months ago

There are Hebrews, Israelites, the Jews is a relatively recent phenomenon.

@dirtynewby2635

2 months ago

Would rather you teach this class in asia

@louisemichelle1428

2 months ago

14:36 nope . Jews don't read Bible everyday. Not all of them. Some are non- believers. A lot were communists in the Kibbutzim.

@Yonosanperry

1 month ago

There are 2 million palestinian Arabs living IN Israel proper. Who are they getting rid of exactly?

@SKeane-jb6uj

2 months ago (edited)

So wait, Iran/Persia installed them and then they want to destroy Iran… and then British installed them and then they bombed and destroyed the British … the American one might be the worst. They will use Americans own weapons against them. Yikes. I hope Iran destroys them first.

@Abda-s9q

3 months ago

I remember watching TV, and commercials would pop up asking for donations to help the ORIGINAL Jews return to their ancestral land. That opened a whole new rabbit hole 🕳️

@troyallen8223

4 days ago

Palestinians and Jews were getting together fine till the intervention and assassination of the mediator to bring back Holocaust victims. Otto Skorzeny's legacy was to dismantle the entire middle east through the says of the Israeli "state"There needs to be clarity on the fact that they're actually all brothers and the Jewish good is borrowed from Islam Greek and Celtic mythology combining mainly Elohim and the good of thunder.

@ec6833

3 months ago

lol Professor Never Use a Source

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@lukeyznaga7627

3 months ago

this sounds like a very interesting lost truth. this makes sense. If you study bible and church history and listen to bible scholars, they will tell you that the old testament early books were written during the captivity time of the Persians [Cyrus? ] and some books were written during the time of the Babylonian captivity, but most were during the time of the Persians conquering their lands. Which means we don't have solid proof of the events of the bible's exodus, Joshau, Abraham or even the book of Judges and King David, UNTIL it was written centuries later by the Jew during the Persian times [Ezekiel, Nehemiah, Esther ].

@juicygenetix7298

1 month ago (edited)

He says "do not say the jews." Why distract from the fact?

@MAR-vr6ct

3 months ago

The Jerusalem and Bethlehem narrative. Great work!

@bathysphere1070

2 months ago

It's not Israel that is serving the American empire. It is exactly the reverse! The US government is entirely beholden to the Israeli government. Who can you not critisize in America? That's right, it's Jews and Israel.

@deejay8342

3 months ago

There’s one problem here & that is who are the true Israelites not Revelations 2:9 & 3:9!

One way to identify them is by the by curses, who fits these curses?

Let’s go to Luke & whom are the people that been LED AWAT CAPTIVE into all nations?

(Luke 21:24

24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.)

We can clearly see the gentiles are destroying to land today & true Israelites are not there because there’s no peace in the land?

@lukeyznaga7627

3 months ago

9:57 I am sorry, but again, show me scholarly proof that the Temple of Solomon ever existed it did not. THE RUINS that you see are from the temple that was rebuild during the puppet ruler HEROD. He also built a temple. Its his ruins, NOT SOLOMON's that you see today. amen? Professor Jiang is not so hot and smart. I am going to unsubscribe from him.

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@aemsiw3798

3 months ago

One day everyone will know that there is a difference between the Israeli people and the Israelites spoken of in the Bible. Unfortunately people have been tricked into believing that the Israeli/Jewish are the same as the people of the 12 Tribes of Israel/nation of Israel. Revelation 2:9. Revelation 3:9

@marvelousturnipai

3 months ago

When is prof going to talk about the parasites that we all have?

@userwsyz

1 month ago

The Brits played Cyrus the great. History certainly rhymes and repeats.

@timandjenniferscott4084

2 days ago

There will be no rebuilding of a 3rd temple. Those inhabitants of Israel today are NOT real Jews. Today, the real Jews are Spiritual Jews. Those that understand and know the truth of Yahweh Elohim of who he really is and actually exists.

@joejett5084

2 months ago

He’s breaking down the question I always had. What’s the difference between a Jew, an Israelite and a Hebrew? The Bible says someone out of these groups are stealing an identity.

@Hkpdh

3 months ago (edited)

I love the post WW2 Two Chosen Orphan Fighting Among Themselves 😂 💀

@smangel3222

2 months ago

Israel already controls the USA.

@kirks386

2 months ago

No 7K for the Professor!

@vivim29

2 months ago

The Jews don't read the bible, they might read the Torah and other Jewish religious texts, but they don't hold the bible as a religous authority.

@galahadchavez2664

2 months ago

The tribe that shall not be named...

@SjayJaywardene-f6y

2 days ago

Some model question is don't the Americans ever studied the tour I've just didn't know what the hell's going on and understand what's happening??

@soulofham

1 month ago

jews are related to phoenicans, carthage because the hasomean judeans used shekels same with those other civilizations. europe is named after a phoenician royal. similar to the story of dido a royal from semitic canaan who settled in north africa and created carthage.

@PhoenixRising-z1r

1 day ago

❤❤❤

@edwardbernierv6875

2 months ago

Jew stole Persian folklore and created the Old Testament.... they did that with the New Testament as well.

@JCJeffrey

3 months ago (edited)

I have a question for you and your students. Are the True Jews in Israel? And if so, Why did Jesus cal them the "Synagogue of Satan?"

@ariamehr3339

3 months ago

before Persian empire, ancient israelites used to worship 5 God ( Baal, Asheran, Anat, Yahweh and EL)

after rebuilding the second Temple of jerusalem and through 200 years of peace and prosperity israelites became 1 religion with sole Gold Yahweh and a 1 Holy Book ( the old Testament). nobody talk about Huge impact of Zoroastrianism during those 200 years and great revolution Jews had in their faith. without the second temple you never had Jewish and Christianity and most of all Jesus Christ himself.

and if instead Romans, Parthian empire ruled over Jerusalem you never had crucifixion of Jesus. Jews literally sold him to Roman so Roman don't get mad at this new guy with new believes and when Roman went mad they would burn cities down and start massacre after massacre but Parthian and Iranian/Zoroastrians over all never had that mind set.

@EssexChappy

5 days ago

The Masoretic Hebrew text (1000AD) that is used for the old testament isn't even Hebrew. True Hebrew was a dead language at the time of Jesus

@sfguy_2k22

3 months ago

popcorn needed for these comments below! 😂

@art.a7

18 hours ago

edict of cyrus

@truthhurts1936

3 months ago

Did Jews didn't exist before Cyrus???

@dmbss_on_the_internet

3 months ago

Im here for educational purposes only

@WifeOfTheBeast

3 months ago

My question is, how are you so certain Pax Judaica will defeat the American empire? Some of your reasoning, I can understand however you are forgetting something important:

American Christians are currently also waking up to history as well. They are also waking up to their Christian understanding of the history of Christ. Their churches are infiltrated with Zionist subterfuge but many and more as we speak are rejecting that influence.

So one way for your prediction to be false is if Christians in America and around the globe unite against this movement which is becoming more likely.

Now more than ever, young people are becoming new Christians, and these Christians are not making the same mistakes in misinterpreting the Bible or it's political warnings.

Thanks for the lessons!

@seokoking6956

1 month ago

Two questions

1) The Persian used Israel as a buffer against Egypt

2) were they expelled from Babylon as it happened so many times in our modern day European history?

@nwbw217

3 months ago

what is this fake propagana bullshit lol. none of this is true. you know there are things called archaeology and history books. is he going to talk about the 2 million Uighur muslims thrown in concentration camps in Xinjiang????

@ElisabethMeziane-u1w

2 months ago (edited)

What about the Chinese Jews of Keifeng?

@richardaron5095

3 months ago

Professor, I know you don't believe in God or any divine intervention, but there will be a divine justice in this universe and soon the evil will collapse.

@zainmudassir2964

2 months ago

Thank you sir for exposing the Jews as a political class

@gullybull5568

3 months ago

It's funny how there's absolutely zero archaeological proof to prove that Israel is in the place where it is today😂😂😂😂😂

@knahdogg5769

2 months ago

as a persian, this is really interesting

@odin8755

2 months ago

Important to mention that Cyrus, was called out by name as the one that would deliver Israel. More important is that the passage was written before Cyrus was even king... Just saying. Maybe he thought he was doing it for his own reasons, but really, he did it because God loves his people.

@GregoryAndreychuk

2 months ago

The word you are looking for is "vassal state." Persia, by letting the Isralite exiles back to the Levant, and financed it, did so, on the basis thst Israel would be a vassal to Persia. Israel is SO IMPORTANT, because it is a focal point on major trade routes that connect Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia together.

@shacor100

2 months ago

Israelites are not gone we’re still here buddy..APTTMH WE FOUND OURSELVES

@ElBourne8.91

3 months ago

No wonder there was flights reported from egypt when they killed Charlie Kirk. Holy shit.

@paulbodi9376

2 months ago

How can you have a hystory presentation based on myth that you present as hystorical fact?

@knife_gun_axe272

3 months ago

Next video should be him breaking down Islam. Let’s see how long that video stays up.

@ruyaal

3 months ago

The ancient Israelites have no relation to the Israelis of today. They are Europeans converted to Judaism and transplanted to the Middle East.

@theblackmask2424

2 months ago

Wow he said it

@NikolasSerpanos

2 months ago

Got Em

@khant73

2 days ago

I think if you discuss this topic you need to have the full understanding of all three Ibrahimic religion Islam Christianity and Judism

@All3me1

1 month ago

Wow

@joeschmow4568

1 month ago

European Jews were converted in the Caucasus and Caspian Sea region about 800 years ago. just north of today's Iran, but part of the Persian Empire, Then the Ottoman Empire and followed by the Russian invasions in the 1800's. The oldest Synagogues in Europe are in the Caucasus and Daghestan.

@kevinbozeman8029

1 day ago

oque!

@7Questions

3 months ago

Is this a new video ?

@CrownHetman

3 months ago

This plays well into the concept of Greater Israel. Look it up.

@HumanWrites-xi5ef

3 months ago (edited)

Even he doesn't believe what he's forced to drill into the fragile minds paying big bucks to be brainwashed. They make it up as they go.

@darylfinkelman4816

3 months ago (edited)

I am a lifelong Atheist and I am also a liberal. This man is historically illiterate and his opinion is ignorant, bigoted, racist, and full of false statements and hateful blood libels. I could point out dozens of rediculous things he said that would be laughable if I didn't understand who he is and what his evil intentions are; but let me just point out how his main arguments that, (1) "Persians constructed the Jewish identity", along with (2) his fake narrative behind the reasons why Cyrus let the Jewish people return to Jerusalem, are false. But before I do, let me reiterate that I am a lifelong Atheist who has never believed in anything magical, mythical, or prophetic. That being said, everything in the bible is legendary if it is not accompanied by either an extra-biblical source and/or archeological proof of existence. Extra-biblical sources and archeological finds have certainly corroborated plenty of historical figures, places, and events mentioned in the bible.. This is true for the events concerning the expulsion of the Jewish people to Babylon and the subsequent return that was made possible by Cyrus. However, Cyrus didn't just grant this right for the Jewish people. He did this for all oppressed people and slaves living under Babylonian rule and this was corroborated by the Cyrus Cylinder which is an archeological find of the late 19th century in the Mesopotamian region. He surely did this for political reasons, but nonetheless this is what happened. Also, the Jewish identity was solidified more than ever before while in exile in Babylon, but it wasn't "constructed" by the Persians. That is garbage. During the exile while the Jewish people were under Babylonian rule, when asked who they were and where they came from, the Jewish people replied that they came from Judea and that they were Jewish. That was BEFORE the Persians defeated the Babylonians; not to mention AFTER centuries of historically-corroborated Jewish self-determination BEFORE exile. This man also contradicts himself saying that "the Israelites are gone" around the 3-minute mark only to claim that the Jewish people who returned from exile in Babylon to be surrounded by enemies and that the Jewish people went on to battle against the Samarians, "who are Israelites who stayed in the Levant, do you understand?" around the 8-minute mark. YES, I understand. I understand that you have the historical knowledge of the region equivalent to a grade school child with access to social media. He even passes off this fake claim that Israel plans to ethnically cleanse all Arabs. This is easily refuted because it is a complete inversion of the 1,400 years of murder, torture, subjugation, rape, enslavement, forcible conversions, oppression, and ethnic cleansing the Jewish people have endured in the Levant and the surrounding 55 Muslim countries. It is further refuted by the 2-million Arab-Israeli citizens that currently live in Israel (not Gaza or the West Bank) and enjoy the same rights as Jewish-Israeli citizens. Unlike most of the 55 Muslim states throughout the Middle East, North Africa, and Asia, Israel is not an Apartheid state and Israel is not a theocracy. Israel is a tolerant democratic state with religious freedom for all races, ethnicities, religions, and genders. Finally, there are not "a lot" of Jewish people in the diaspora against the State of Israel. There are around 16-million Jewish people in the world and only around 20,000 to 30,000 who are of a particular ultra-orthodox ideology that believes that Israel should not be created BEFORE the messiah comes. They are not anti-Zionists. They are anti-Zionists RIGHT NOW. They are anti-secular Zionists. This man is a Chinese national spewing anti-West propaganda in all of his videos. His home country recently rounded up roughly 1.8-million Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities from marginalized communitites into internment camps; but here he is hypocritically spreading fake propaganda and blood libels meant to demonize Israel and dehumanize the Jewish people worldwide (over 95% are Zionists and support Israel). His deflection is a cover up of his own crimes and atrocities. Please stop with your false claims, fake narratives, and hateful rhetoric. Disgusting, sickening, evil.

@Matt-ix9hh

2 months ago

Or it with be nice to study their name and exact name. The same way Hong Kong is part of China and ppl from Hong Kong hate Chinese, maybe talk about that ,unless an Indian guy comes and teach about Buddhism and China history

@noamyehezkel-tq8hv

12 days ago

In answer to your question, the 12 tribes lived throughout the Land of Israel, not just in northern Israel and not just in the south - at the time of the Temple and near the time of the exile of the tribes of Israel (dispersed throughout the world), they were divided (and did not split) into the Kingdom of Judah and the Kingdom of Israel. After that, the Jews were exiled from their land, the Land of Israel - regarding the Khozar Kingdom (about a people who accepted Judaism), opinions differ. Some say it is just a book (the Book of the Khozars) and the book was written in the form of a parable - and some say that there was such a kingdom that existed in the Caucasus - and even with this story, there is no way to cancel the Jewish identity of the people of Israel (hence calling all Jews a cult of Satan, Freemasons or Illuminati is far from reality). Any person who wants enough can convert and become a Jew, but they make it difficult for him.

@jollyyeholiver1599

2 months ago (edited)

If you read the texts of Isaiah Cyrus of Persia doesn't actually match the description of Cyrus.

I'd suggest yes the Jews exiled in Babylon certainly worked as administrators, when Persia took over they continued in that role.

In terms of what happens with Cyrus it seems far more likely, he was manipulated by Rabbis, who showed him his name in the texts of Isaiah.

@judahpreta1212

3 months ago

You can't use the torah or old testament as an historical reference

The scribes who wrote it plagiarized almost every bit from Egyptians Mesopotamians Babylonians some that they genocided destroyed their writings and stole their stories

So anything in the Bible should never be used to study history.. to many lies

@yknows3158

3 months ago

Keep this man safe from the snakes

@Raven74947

3 months ago

Excellent lecture. I hadn't thought too deeply about the role of Persia...

What I wonder about, is Israel the vasal state, or is the US?

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@KAZVorpal

2 months ago (edited)

I find it sketchy that he acts like this was in any way specific to Israel.

Cyrus did not have a specific policy of restoring the Israelites, but a general policy of restoring exiled peoples.

Under the Assyrians and Neobabylonians, the Arameans, Phonicians, Elamites, Carians, Philistines, and others were deported in the same way as the Israelites.

Cyrus specifically legalized the return of these peoples in general with the Edict or Restoration.

The Israelites were not singled out either for exile or return. That's just cultural egocentrism.

@geoffp4398

3 months ago

So who is Babylon now?

@cinnamonspice-w4c

2 months ago

the new David Icke - lol

@tripzville7569

3 months ago

THE FOLLOWING IS SO GOOD I NEEDED TO RE-POST IT - Aside from claiming you're GOD himself, can anybody name something, anything more Supremacist than proclaiming that you are "God's Chosen People"?

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@stephenhartbarger7243

2 days ago

United States government is currently running Craigslist ads for auditions for the role of Jesus

@gooner7185

3 months ago

Anyone got gum?

@IAmFridayJones

2 months ago

Where do the Bamileke fit into this narrative?

@merton6715

3 months ago

Not his strongest suit

@BlackAladdin_

2 months ago

He failed to mention that the jews that went to Babylon forgot how to pray, most forgot how to speak their mothers dialect, can’t perform certain rituals/prayers because they forgot it, etc

@jabłeczko980

2 months ago

What would chinimbek know

@Endremael

3 months ago

oh boy... kvetching in 3....2....1...

@ethiopianmusicoldies599

2 months ago

Sounds logical. When you apply this perspective- many countries are a product of imperial imagination. My country, Ethiopia - is certainly the result of the imagination of the northern Amahara and Tigray leaders, accompanied by the Ethiopian church

@joshwells4280

3 months ago

They don't want to get rid of America for now .....they want to co opt us

@ministarick

3 months ago

Cyrus name was written in the Hebrew Scriptures

@ssj3barua

3 months ago

So they’ve done this numerous times.

@BashPhab

3 months ago

Is this why today Israel hates Iran and is trying to destroy it so they can bring back their ancient friend?

@rustymixer2886

2 months ago

So usa pretends that usa is run by isreal cuz isreal don't care world hates them , as usa deflection ?

@bazdaniels7420

2 months ago

That was very helpful although I don't think the empire "is" the US. The empire is far more overarching and wielding of power within many nations, operating as a defacto world-state, or global "shadow-government" pulling strings within many states. That's what empire means, like an "umbrella" or "mother" corporation overarching multiple nations.

@MANDRILLSHOW

3 months ago

Can I request African related video?

@211212112

2 months ago

Is this the way we counter the Jewish tyranny which is largely intellectualy based along with a massive prejudice for "us" over "everyone else." With Asian scholars? I like it.

@TheMoonDejesus

23 hours ago

I think his students are a little confused on the timeline. The part of the story he’s explaining is 2570 years ago.

@noamyehezkel-tq8hv

12 days ago (edited)

first we need to understand if you deny the old testiment as an historical documant - if you do theres no need to answer your question because jewish heritage is well established from biblical prespective (that is the story of ower people) and historical prespective well rooted in archeology and other historical books that completly contridicts this "proffesor" trying to reinvent history . things that the Jewish people preserved for thousands of years before Islam and before Christianity - for example, circumcision - any other opinion that nullifies the Jewish identity as a people is illegitimate, as it deals with the distortion of history and ignoring the traditions that were zealously preserved (even at the cost of death) for years - for example, the Jewish people did not mix with the Persian people. Likewise, the Jewish people never sought to convert or Judaize people from other peoples. Two basic conditions for who is a Jew - a. Jewish mother and b.circumcision(for males). This is how the Jewish people are protected from assimilation. In answer to your question, the 12 tribes lived throughout the Land of Israel, not just in northern Israel and not just in the south - at the time of the Temple and near the time of the exile of the tribes of Israel (dispersed throughout the world), they were divided (and did not split) into the Kingdom of Judah and the Kingdom of Israel. After that, the Jews were exiled from their land, the Land of Israel - regarding the Khozar Kingdom (about a people who accepted Judaism), opinions differ. Some say it is just a book (the Book of the Khozars) and the book was written in the form of a parable - and some say that there was such a kingdom that existed in the Caucasus - and even with this story, there is no way to cancel the Jewish identity of the people of Israel (hence calling all Jews a cult of Satan, Freemasons or Illuminati is far from reality). Any person who wants enough can convert and become a Jew, but they make it difficult for him

@watchdumb

3 months ago

Many Muslim scholars—classical and modern—have debated whether Dhul-Qarnayn (ذو القرنين) in Surah Al-Kahf refers to Cyrus the Great, the Persian king.

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Who is Dhul-Qarnayn in the Qur’an?

Dhul-Qarnayn appears in Surah Al-Kahf (18:83–98):

A righteous ruler

Given power and authority by Allah

Travels to the east and west

Builds a massive barrier to protect a people from Gog and Magog (Ya’juj wa Ma’juj)

The Qur’an praises him as just, believing, and strong.

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Is Dhul-Qarnayn actually Cyrus the Great?

One scholarly opinion: YES, Dhul-Qarnayn is Cyrus.

Evidence supporting Cyrus = Dhul-Qarnayn

1. The title “Two-Horned One”

Cyrus wore a crown with two horns in ancient reliefs (found in Pasargadae).

“Dhul-Qarnayn” literally means “The Two-Horned One.”

2. Cyrus was known for justice

The Qur’an describes Dhul-Qarnayn as a just ruler.

Cyrus is historically known for freeing Jews from Babylon and issuing a “human-rights style” edict (Cyrus Cylinder).

3. His empire reached East and West

Exactly like the Qur’anic description.

4. Cyrus built barriers

Some historians link his fortifications in the Caucasus region (e.g., the Darial Gorge) to the wall against Gog and Magog.

@NATIVEMANHATTANITE

1 month ago

So nothing has changed in 3000 years.

@4478ascd

3 months ago

I found this very airnaisemedick

@PRsolutions253

2 months ago

Professor, were these Israelites black/brown skinned people or were they fair/tan/white skinned people?

@rickymwamba9681

3 months ago (edited)

Khazars are not semites! They are descendants of the ancients Turks! They were mostly Pagans! After being defeated by the Romans about 1000 years, they were offered to choose between Islam and Judaism! Because there were similarities between Paganism and Judaism, they chose the latter! They then infiltrated judaism to a point of introducing their own book called Temuld! They spread in Eastern Europe and Russia! They are caucasians not middle easterner semites!

@willrodriguez-h7j

3 months ago

Chinese propaganda. Yehudi is not persian and absolutely not a persian political construct. It comes directly from the Hebrew bible, long before the persian empire ever ruled the region. Yehudi = one of the yehuda

first appears in Tanackh during the first temple period. Used internally by israelites themselves. The Persians simply encountered a people who already called themselves Yehudim. Yehudah (Judah) appears long before any Persian involvement:

2 Kings 16:6 First temple era

Jeremiah 34:9. Nice try China

@renegademystic999

2 months ago

Get rid of the empire, in order to be the empire?

@Marva123

2 months ago

The Israelites never disappeared they always kept the faith.

@hosaikarim6563

2 months ago

Jerusalem is actually pronounced daar-salam or daar-shalam, which means the house of peace

@ezrabraig7086

3 months ago

4:14 Theres a prophecy concerning Cyrus in the book of Isaiah. Multiple prophecies of God bringing the people back into the land after 70 years if exile. "Why would Cyrus send them back?" God is sovereign.

@bebenurse62

3 months ago

Can you define “Empire?”

@daseapickleofjustice7231

3 months ago

As a Khazar myself you're totally wrong. Modern Israelis are almost all Ashkenazim and the Ashkenaz are all Khazarian Tatar-Scythian Arian nomads from the Kavkaz and the pontic steppe.

We are actually extremely vital in the history of steppe politics and the Eurasian identity.

@INCHRISTWETRUST7171

3 months ago

Need a serie on canaanites.

Too many versions dont know what is true.

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@waylandblue7402

3 months ago

King David created the Bible? LOLOLOLOL. Every serious scholar knows the text was most likely finalized during the Babylonian period and it is not flattering to David.

@seyiadeniran1426

1 month ago

The Prophet Isaiah prophesied and named Cyrus 140 years before Cyrus was born.

@ishowworkout

1 month ago

I noticed something in your video. Word messiah means" Prophet of god" and not "the great"

@zeusnair265

2 months ago

Dan Bilzerian will teach you what the Jewish identity is and what they truly believe not just in Israel but across the world.

@RCR-f9d

2 months ago

The Achaemenid Persians did not originate or impose the term "Jews" (from Hebrew Yehudi, plural Yehudim) on the people. The term predates the Persian period and evolved organically, though Persian administration helped solidify its broader use.

@V.L.Hari_Naidu100

2 months ago

The sequence of islamic rule before mogul rule is

Before Islam

1.Mauryan rule

2. Indo greeks , indo synthiens-sakas,Pahalavas,Yuezhi -kushan ancestors, Satavahanas

3. Kushans 1st Century AD to 4 th century ad

4.Sasanian Empire weak rule from iran

5.Nezak Huns time period not clear around 5th century ad

After Islam

Pseudo Islamic rule

1.Turk shahi period 660 ad 822 ad.

2.Ghaznavids 977 to 1186 AD

3.Hindu shahi rule 850 th ad to 1026 ad century ad not clear in Google

4. Gurid Rule 8th Century AD to 12 century AD

Actual Islamic Rule

5. Mamluk rule 1206 to 1290 AD

6.Khilji Rule 1290 to 1320

7.Tughluk Dynasty 1320 to 1413

8.Lodi Rule 1451 to 1526

9.Mogul rule start 1526

10.Suri Rule 1540 to 1556

11. Mogul rule continue 1526 to 1857

12. British Rule 1857 to 1947

13. Brahman rule 1947 to till date

@ralphstern2845

3 months ago

David and Solomon are mythical. The material culture shows small and weak regional kingdoms, not vast independent successful states.

@telebiopic

2 months ago

God works in mysterious ways and humans can be the unwitting agents

@bellingdog

3 months ago

Old Persia, and Persia in general (and Iran today is a continuation of this policy) was not religiously tolerant. Christianity was persecuted as it was seen as a Roman religion. Then when Islam took over Zoroastrianism, Christianity and Judaism was suppressed. Persia has always had a strict view on which religions are tolerated, and a monotheistic religion at that time would be antithetical to an Empire that viewed it's kings as semi-divine to divine.

@ayemorelocks

1 month ago

prof jiang is fantastic, but I think retains a eurocentric view at some points, primarily due to his age (impossible to escape eurocentrism at that age). Egypt has never consistently been the richest part of the world, India has been - at one point the Roman empire was losing a third of its GDP to trade with India, and for India, this was miniscule at the time.

@JohnAndries-lt2jd

2 months ago

What really happened is that the Jews like all people at that time were enslaved by pagan religion. The pagan religion imposed teachings that enslaved and dehumanized. The Jews wanted to be free and this introspection invented a new idea of monotheism and a father God. The idea was so powerful it revolutionized the world producing human dignity and freedom.

@alice75643

2 months ago

I'm Iranian. Cyrus didn’t help Jews out of personal sympathy. It was a standard Achaemenid policy: allowing exiles to return, respecting local religions, and rebuilding temples to keep the empire stable and prevent revolts. Jews were just one of many groups who benefited.

@Andres-f9u2v

2 weeks ago

He is definitely skull and bones and is helping further this great cleanse agenda. They all want you to know the truth, sort of, that is why you are seeing how the system functions.

@Reality15seeker

2 months ago

Iranians are decent of Cyrus the great❤

@thedobermans

2 months ago

Are we confusing the Jews and the Druze, the Ishmaelite sect in The Levant?

@kareem.10

3 months ago

I respectfully disagree with the Prof. Jiang that Israel would win a conflict with the US predicated on a its breaking away as a vassal state. Even if the US released Israel from its vassal status, then there is no way other nations or coalitions of nations wouldn't destroy Israel. Israel would no longer have the US guaranteeing its security, ergo existence. Israel has no natural regional allies: only enemies.

The list of countries that would attack Israel unilaterally or multilaterally are many and most of them have much bigger populations than Israel. Furthermore, Israel is divided between secular and religious populations that would hinder unity.

Turkey 8x larger population

Iran 9x

Egypt 11x

Syria 2.5X

Gulf States 6x

@Sammy_SAA

2 months ago

Those people are poisonous

@Roadie-p3l

2 months ago

There has to be a distinction between Is ra el and Jewish. Judaism is a religion and Is ra el is a vast group of people. Is ra el are the seeds of Abraham whether they practice Judaism or not in this day.

@bolobolox

2 months ago (edited)

They want to Extinguish Allah Light with their mouths,, But Allah will complete His light even though the Disbelievers dislike it. ,,It is he who sent His Messenger with the Guidance and the true Religion, to make it prevail over all Religions even though the IDOLATERS dislike it

@thefoundationofourworld746

2 months ago

I found that jewish books are based on a deity whom was worshipped by the Mayans.

@dialy1

2 months ago (edited)

A few inaccuracies in this exposé:

1- The characters of King David and Solomon are purely literary. There is absolutely no archaeological or historical evidence for their existence.

The archaeological studies of Israeli scholars, like Israel Finkelstein will confirm the fictitious character of king David.

2- The Bible did not exist before 272BC. It was compiled in the library of Alexandria from Greek translations of ancient Egyptian and Babylonian texts. Read the research of Russell Gmirkin on the subject.

The papyri from Elephantine which represent the correspondence between Judean expatriates and the grand priest of Jerusalem around 450BC show that they did not know any Biblical texts, did not observe the sabbath and did not practice Judaism. Herodotus, who travelled extensively throughout the region and described in detail every religious practice of the time, never ever mentioned the existence of Jews, Israel or Judaism. The earliest archaeological evidence of the practice of Judaism dates from the second century BC. (ref. Pr. J. Adler).

@fredthompson9814

2 months ago

I’m going to explain it to you SLOWLY!

@skulduggerypleasant8261

7 days ago (edited)

But why do they care about Jerusalem?

@Yabass-p4y

2 months ago

16:50 It will never happen dear

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@LansfordWatson

2 months ago

Mr: Jaing; understand you are teaching history and not logic and philosophy. Faith and beliefs are quite different. A belief is totally a subject that you can’t disqualify and qualify.

@magician_one

2 months ago

No one jaws in comments. Truth killyhey

@johnbrucchi

2 months ago

Babylon is still ruling the world through Rome, London and Washington. Israel is their center of judgement, London is finance and Vatican is Babylonian religion along with Babyonian talmudic Judaism.

The ruling bloodlines of ancient Babylon moved to Venice and Rome after Jesus crucifixion. Their control over Judah and today Israel is obvious. This mystery Babylon is present in Freemasonry, druidic Hollywood, corporate consumerism and the abrahamic religions control by order through chaos.

@monsterblueandwhite

1 month ago

Why is the focus of history always on Mesopotamia/the Levant, when at that same time there were other important nations and empires in Europe, Asia, and America? Why does the whole world study a history derived from other peoples, when in reality each people has its own history?

@tk70707

3 months ago

china would love to break up the israel-usa alliance and take regional power from the USA and one step closer to the global top dog, duh people

@alosyus

2 months ago (edited)

Yes, the word " Yehudi " was created during this time. Before that they always called themselves " Bneii Israel, Am Israel, Ivri ". But the israelite and jewish identity was really created in ancient egypt. There is a physical proof that Israel was known by the egyptian and they went to egypt as a people.

The Merneptah Stele, an Egyptian inscription from around 1208 BCE, famously states, "Israel is laid waste, its seed is not," marking the earliest extra-biblical mention of Israel, identifying them as a people in Canaan. The egyptian were litteraly calling them " asian ".

In the 17th century BCE, the Hyksos in ancient Egypt were people from Levant and Canaan that took the power. They ruled the area of the Delta/Gochen. There is archeological evidences that they had similarities with the Hebrew ( graves, names etc... ). They were defeated by the Pharaoh Ahmose I in mid 16th century BCE. Ahmose I reunited the fragmented kingdoms of Egypt but the Hyksos people stayed there. In the Torah the name of the city Ramses in the Delta area probably refere to the Pi-Ramses city.

So the hebrews people from asia coming from Levant and Canaan were in Egypt during 400-500 years but he says that they are an identiy created by the Persian ? Only the word Yehudi come from the persian era. The Torah litteraly use ancient Egyptian words. In the Torah Moshe the name of Moses means " Son of " in ancient egyptien. Pareo/Paro means big house/royal palace then the Pharao himself come from ancient egyptian. Teva also come from ancient egyptien and is still a word used in hebrew. Aḥou which means reeds is ancient egyptian.

And also, in the Torah when God speaks about himself in a solemn declarative way like " I am god " he does not use the hebrew word " Any " to say I'm. The word Anochi is used. This workd come from the solemn word " Anoki " in ancient egyptian to say " I'm " used by the egyptian gods or Pharaos. So it's a stylistic form coming directly from ancient egyptian / akkadian. This word is probably in ancient egyptien and not in hebrew so the people of that time can refere to the egyptian customs. If he is the greatest god, he has to speak like a god.

Also the last guy does not understand shit with his naive question. The Palestinian identity and nation are born in 1948. This is a direct response to the creation of the modern state of Israel to stop it. The arabs countries didnt wanted jews to come back and make a state. They needed a geopolitical way to stop them and they created the palestinian. The world Palestine itself is a direct insults to the jews. It was named Palestine by the romans after the jews were deafeted in 67AC by the roman empire. They named it Palestine to humiliate the jews by giving their country the name of Philistin. Philistin a name that come from the hebrew word Pilishtim that means " Invaders ". Arabs don't have the letter P so they say it " Filistin ". That was the name given by the jews to the people of Gaza. It's not random that the palestinian are the only refugee in the world that keep the status of refugee even if they are born somewhere else. The palestinian existence denies the existence of Israel and is a direct heritage of the roman victory over them.

Stating that the jewish identy was created by persian is one of a big shortcut.

@mistertamura6190

3 months ago

Anyone who has spent a minimum of time with history or theology will recognise a recurring pattern: nearly every major civilisation, tribe, religion and culture has, at some point, claimed divine superiority and entitlement. Actually, perhaps one of the most common shared human traits may be, "Our superior deity definitely likes us more than those pathetic heathens over there!”

@reginaldquartey3815

2 months ago

Israel can’t expand without US support! Their mind set as at present is very aggressive. This is problematic for their neighbors!

@LARPing4-Cash

3 months ago

That really doesnt make sense about America being the Empire & Israel its proxy. Because the Rothschilds & other jewish families were investing in palestine in the late 1880's. They purchased something called the "promise lands" in 1915 i think it was, & their secretary put forth the balfour agreement in 1917. Russia was taken over by these same ethno-group & France, & Britain, & Germany, & Serbia, & Poland & hungary. The British exiled them as so many, in 1290, but they were allowed back legally after regaining political power to do so, & by the late 1600's they owned the British banks & were even running a British Atlantic slave trade. I will tell u one thing, they are always good at getting money.

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@Jiszmo

2 months ago (edited)

I assumed the same. Israel didn't even seem to exist before Persia, not provably. Also, Persia had a singular God, whereas ancient Canaanites didn't.

@mfareed4634

3 months ago (edited)

The problem is that you are half educated... or half informed

But still it's good that you teach what you know

You need to read from both resources Islamic (arabic) and Christianity (Middle Eastern)

@pennylockhart9553

3 months ago

This teaching brings light to satanyahu saying "trump is our cyrus". Thank you Dr Jiang!

@PaulStavaas

1 month ago

the girls question why does the state of Israel still "compete" with Iran no credit from Israel to Persia for there beginning as a peaple

@Neominous

2 months ago

The beginning of Evil. 😈

@juanfransisco6231

2 months ago (edited)

3:50. What is identity?

Religion, language, food, culture, stories.. if the Israelites are still alive, the Israelites weren't destroyed.

At 9:00 Jews returned back to their land and joined the Israelites that had stayed and taught over who the true Israelites were... thy didn't all leave ...

I liken it to the relocated and decimated American Indian tribes that are still around in areas not native to the... some maintained to an extent.

@aoajibadeouscaaoa653

2 months ago

When completing a jigsaw 🧩 puzzle, and try to square ⬛ peg a round hole 🕳️ .... Actually read / study the "bible" check the stipulations, occurrences, circumstances and prophecies against today and immediate past ( 600 years ) .... 🔎🗃️💻⏳⌛🧩⬛🕳️

@kalijuri

2 months ago

Super easy concept in 2025

@maxplank1196

3 months ago

Stalin government and the Trump government seemed to have a lot in common

@yaphet3556

2 months ago (edited)

Jiang, are you a historical revisionist? - Hadassah 8:17

@kenwong2050

2 days ago (edited)

This video presents a provocative historical and geopolitical thesis: that the Jewish identity and the nation of Israel are "constructs of the imperial imagination," specifically invented by the Persian Empire to maintain control over the strategically important Levant region.

Countering the Claims with Facts

1. Claim: The Persians "invented" the Jews and Jewish identity.

* The Fact: Archaeological evidence, such as the Merneptah Stele (c. 1208 BCE), mentions "Israel" as a distinct people in the Levant centuries before the Persian Empire existed. The Mesha Stele and the Tel Dan Stele also confirm the existence of the "House of David." While the Persians (under Cyrus the Great) allowed the exiles to return and rebuild their temple, they did not "create" the identity; they restored a group that already had a long-established history, language, and religious tradition.

* The Context: The transition from "Israelite" to "Jew" (Judean) was a natural linguistic shift based on the name of the Southern Kingdom (Judah), not a Persian branding exercise.

2. Claim: Cyrus the Great only sent the Jews back to "divide and rule" the Levant.

* The Fact: Cyrus’s policy of religious tolerance was universal, not specific to the Jews. The Cyrus Cylinder records him allowing many displaced peoples to return to their homelands and rebuild their sanctuaries to ensure stability and local support across his entire empire. It was a strategy of "integration through autonomy," not a specific plot to create a permanent conflict zone in the Levant.

3. Claim: Modern Israel is an "American project" designed to create conflict for control.

* The Fact: The modern State of Israel was the result of the Zionist movement, which began in the late 19th century as a response to European antisemitism. Its establishment involved complex international diplomacy (the Balfour Declaration, the UN Partition Plan) and local Jewish efforts. While the U.S. is a key ally, describing Israel as an intentional "American invention" to keep the Middle East unstable ignores the internal agency and centuries-long aspirations of the Jewish people.

4. Claim: Israel will destroy the Al-Aqsa Mosque to build a "Third Temple."

* The Fact: While some extremist fringe groups in Israel advocate for this, it is not the official policy of the Israeli government. The "Status Quo" agreement governs the Temple Mount, and Israel’s top religious and political leaders have repeatedly affirmed the sanctity of the site for all faiths to prevent a catastrophic regional war.

Exposing the Cynicism (Layman's Terms)

The purpose of this video is to push a deeply cynical and "tinfoil hat" version of history. It tries to convince you that the Jewish people aren't a real nation with their own history, but just a "tool" or a "product" made by big empires like Persia or America to stir up trouble.

Why this is rubbish:

* It robs people of their history: By saying the Persians "invented" Jews, the speaker is ignoring thousands of years of real history, archaeology, and culture that existed long before the Persians showed up. It’s like saying "The Internet was invented by Google"—it ignores everything that came before.

* It’s a "Divide and Conquer" narrative itself: The speaker claims empires want to keep everyone fighting, but he is the one pushing a story that makes peace sound impossible. He frames Israel as a "theocratic war machine" destined to destroy holy sites, which is a scare tactic used to get views and stir up anger.

* It’s elitist and insulting: The speaker talks about the "imperial imagination" as if people are just chess pieces on a board. He ignores the fact that real people—both Israelis and Palestinians—have their own goals, lives, and desires that have nothing to do with secret "imperial" plans.

The Bottom Line: This video is a cynical attempt to rewrite history to make it look like everything in the Middle East is a "fake" setup. It ignores facts and archaeology to sell a sensationalist story that everyone is just a pawn in a giant, secret game.

@CathsYoga

20 hours ago

I would guess... Aaaaall Religion were at some point in history only invented and made up😅it was for centuries til today a great controlling system. And all book were written and rewriting by humans...

@Kulotto2016

2 months ago

Could you please organize your videos so we can see part 1,2,3… the videos are.

@mushimumu-e2m

2 months ago

But has he ever talked about China though 🎉

@forthejourney4053

2 months ago

Where does this leave Christians?

@haggaigertz

1 month ago

Nowadays everyone become an expert in define our Jewish identity, is like give your opinions about the neighbors family heritage: you look from outside! You have not an idea who your neighbor's intimate life is, not his heritage. How people dare to continue talk about us as a concept. We're a people, an ethnicity and a religion. Persians didn't shape out identity, actually they decreed to annihilate us because we were a people with it's own laws and traditions, and we didn't lived according to the Persian standard.

@jaywalker6464

2 months ago

the juice

@J-Quin96

1 month ago

Hello Prof., I'd greatly appreciate it if you could answer this question in a video. I believe that it is a question for which your insight and theory would be valued.

President Nasser of Egypt said of the Jews: "You (the Jews) will never be able to live here in peace, because they left here black but came back white. We cannot accept you!" What did he really mean?

@AhmedSobhi-i7s

1 month ago

الصينى هو اللى بيقول اخرا. ئيل فى وقت ما هتحاول تنفصل عن الهيمنه الامريكيه وقريب، لو كان الكلام من المسلمين كان هيكون كخه

طبعا لو قرا القران هيصححله المعلومه ان قوة اليهود بتيجى من حاجتين لا ثالث لهما دعم من ربنا ودى انتهت فقدوها او من الناس «ضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الذِّلَّةُ أَيْنَ مَا ثُقِفُوا إِلَّا بِحَبْلٍ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَحَبْلٍ مِّنَ النَّاسِ وَبَاءُوا بِغَضَبٍ مِّنَ اللَّهِ وَضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَسْكَنَةُ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَكْفُرُونَ بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ الْأَنبِيَاءَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوا وَّكَانُوا يَعْتَدُونَ»

فالازم يبحثوا عن هيمنه اخرى يدخلوا تحتيها وهو عارف ان هى الصين بس مش هيقول لان هيسبب حرج لاخرا. ئيل

واللى الامريكان مش مستوعيبنه ان بيدفعوا عن بلد او دين بمعنى ادق بيغدر بيهم وبيحول شركاتهم على الصين ، كيسنجر هو اللى رتب ده كله

الامريكان عندهم ولاء ليهم وهما بيغدورا بيهم «gusse what دى طبيعتهم، تراااااا »

الامريكى عشان معاه قوه دلوقتى فلا يكترث، انما هما بيوقعوك «بالفعل» واما تقع هتتصدم بالحقيقه، وانت على اعتاب السقوط .

@gustavosalinas9363

4 days ago

No entiendo por qué usa la biblia como si fuera información histórica

@draxthedarkreaper

2 months ago

The reality is that Josephus is mostly to blame for the false narrative that leads this identity, and those who pretend to be such.

@tanirehal3159

3 months ago

Conflict between Israel and US?

It can't happen soon enough...

@RudolphHess-h8c7q

2 months ago

Israel is a British Neo colonial asset being used to subvert the American empire

@fearlessway

2 days ago

There is no one in the class.

He's teaching to no one.

@johncoughlan1435

3 months ago

10 lost tribes - I believe it was 12?

@keeks123

1 month ago

If you’re feeling uneasy about this video, trust that instinct. This isn’t mainstream history. It relies on several discredited claims — especially the idea that Jewish identity was “invented by empire,” which erases well-documented historical, archaeological, and cultural continuity and mirrors classic antisemitic conspiracy tropes. The classroom setup gives an appearance of academic authority, but the arguments presented aren’t supported by serious scholarship. It’s worth cross-checking these claims with peer-reviewed historians before taking them at face value.

@christinewai3723

3 days ago

i find a lot of your stuff interesting, but David created the Bible?

@rondent6875

2 months ago

I had an Arab man tell me how to piss off a Jew. He told me that you go into his shop and buy a radio or something. You ask the Jew how much he wants and the Jew says $10, then you hand him a $10 bill and walk out with your radio. He told me that Jew will spend the rest of the day thinking about how he could have charged you $20 for that radio.

@freedomfirst3847

3 months ago

I don’t agree with many things Dr. Jiang presents here. A lot makes no sense. For instance: Themajority of Jews did not leave Babylon. They had the freedom to go, but the majority didn’t.

He visited once Israel and he did not understand the Israeli society.

Etc etc etc.

I predict that most of his prediction will not become reality.

@loveisallweneed6521

2 months ago

Where did this guy get his degree? YouTube university?

@sidtapia09

3 months ago

I’m so tired of this guy. He is just hating on US I’m Sephardi from Spain not from Persia

Seriously he should lecture about noodles and soy sauce

@--EL

3 months ago

Ub tv says america is egypt

@relaxtherapy697

3 months ago

One mistake in this is saying before they were Jews they were Israelites there was a distinct northern and southern Kingdom the northern kingdom was known as the Israelites and they were destroyed and exiled by the Assyrians in the 8th century and they never really returned did you dance were in the southern Kingdom these were the Jewish people some of the northern kingdom did come to the southern Kingdom but for the most part the identity was of the Judaleans of the Southern Kingdom. This Kingdom these people are well known throughout the ancient near East. Actually, the term Israel was not really used to associate with the southern Kingdom outside of scriptural references. It is also somewhat known and academic circles that Torah observance really never occurred until the hasmonean era.

@MaxMax-mk6xb

1 month ago

“They can move, they don’t really care”.?He means they can all be murdered by the Israelis, they don’t really care about murdering Palestinians.

@RonnieMyers777

3 months ago

Exiled Hyksos invaders❓

@jayg.4651

1 month ago

What nation created Israel? And why?

@AdamMorgan-x1d

2 months ago

A lot of what I have heard is assumptions and the professor’s own opinions.

@mindmesh7566

1 month ago

Actually, what is TODAY Israel really offered nothing in resources or true Imperial Value to any of the Empires of antiquity. The only reason to bring those KINGDOMS (*there Never was a “Jewish” OR Canaanite state for that matter in ancient times) was because they neighbored the truly older civilization of Egypt and Mesopotamia. The flow of religious and cultural from West and North and especially East (*from Iranian cultures/Persia especially). Jews ARE Canaanites; their language is a DIALECT of Canaanite. As a historian, I could break down their culture all day and twice on Sunday.……Oh!! And whatever you do…Don’t test those poor peoples of Palestine’s DNA……A greater truth is sitting right there in their veins all along.😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😆😎🔥⭐️🎆🌄🌠🎇🙏⭐️😹

@danstrik

2 months ago

As an israeli, I've smiled allot watching this.

The fraction of Israeli that's want theocracy is very small, and they depend on us the secular, in term of security and ecenomic.

Thitd temple - never going to happen!

Greater israel consept - wild fantasy of the few.

@BashPhab

3 months ago

The Bible what?

@gullybull5568

3 months ago

The Third Temple is in your brain the Temple of Solomon is in your brain stop convoluting the truth with these false ideas that you think are correct

@RemnantDiscipleLazzaro-Rev1217

3 months ago

PURE MATTHEW 24:11 / REVELATION 21:8, 22:15 ETC THIS CHINESE SPY IS.

@lukeyznaga7627

3 months ago

2:54 Yeah, I am sorry professor but there are many historical experts who know the "kingdom of Israel" never existed. Get that colored land area off of your map. It's BS.

@johnlambert7405

2 months ago

There are elements of this I feel are understated, and elements which I disagree with. First of all there is significant linguistic evidence that there are Persian influences on the Genesis story (the only ancient society with the concept of the garden, for instance is the Persian empire.) Where I disagree is that the Persians built the ideology from whole cloth. The story prior to the Persian period is quite embarrassing for the Israelites. It also managed to maintain a surprising amount of Bronze Age content. Additionally the Samaritan movement very clearly overlaps with some exilee content so the conflict is not nearly as simple as is handwaved away here.

@PASHKULI

3 months ago

Total misunderstanding on the subject.

@westinghouseforever

2 months ago

Come on

@jake9.1.3

2 months ago

Even if Israel dose want to divorce America it's easier said than done they are surrounded by enemies and I doubt that they want to lose such a asset in that of the us not including financial instinctive they get from the us

@JoeCool90

2 months ago

Me mum was a soap.

@efn7269

2 months ago

Este hombre será profesor de no sé qué pero lo que es cierto es que no tiene conocimiento de cómo ha ocurrido esa construcción artificial que es la Biblia que como toda obra literaria ha tenido un proceso de redacción ampliamente estudiado.

La identidad judía es una falsedad histórica construida artificialmente.

@Biblephobia

2 months ago

THE DESCENDANTS of the transatlantic slave trade to America Americas are the children of Israel. Define a Jew. Read BYWORD "A Nation called out of Their Name" Author Mark Makabi.

@jasoncopin

3 months ago

Has Professor Jiang done any speculation on the thirteenth tribe? I heard a nation called Khazar converted to Judaism for political reasons. The current "Jews" are said to be not descendants of the Hebrews who escaped Egypt with Moses and therefore have no legitimate claim to the land. I don't if it is true, I just get into history and study human societies. I am Anglo-Saxon and do not sympathize with neither the Palestinian not the Isrealis. Two men enter one man leaves. From what I understand the Palestinian are actually Arabs whom not natives to the area in dispute.

@Yonosanperry

1 month ago

Find a new thesis. The Assyrians were incredible record keepers. There are several prisms from the time of Sennacherib that refer to ‘Judah’, ‘Jerusalem’, and ‘King Chizkiyahu the Jew (Yehudi)’. Roll credits

@mesmerising3493

3 months ago

Reuben, the firstborn son of Jacob, lost his birthright due to his actions of dishonoring his father by sleeping with his father's concubine. As a result, the privileges of the firstborn were transferred to Joseph's sons, and Reuben is not listed in the genealogical records as the firstborn.

Joseph's lineage, as described in the Gospel of Matthew, traces back to Abraham through King David, emphasizing his royal ancestry. This genealogy includes a total of 27 generations from David to Joseph, highlighting Jesus' legal claim to the throne of Israel through Joseph, who is considered his legal father.

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@gullybull5568

3 months ago

If these administrators were so good at what they did with and how come they was destroyed the Babylonian Empire how come how much it was destroyed and Rome was destroyed in Athens in Greece were all destroyed because of such great administrators they were so good with money they were so good shut up Professor what are you trying to say

@نادرالیراحمان

2 weeks ago (edited)

I didn't know this. All I know is "Hindu" and "Hinduism" were constructs by the Ghoris & the British. It was a mislabel put on the various religions/cults in the vast un-unified subcontinent.

@mr.popoiscool

2 months ago

Why Cyrus brought them into Jerusalem and built them a temple is said also in the Bible. "To build them a foundation for what is to come"

What is to come was Jesus. God wanted to test them again. And ofc we all know how that ended. 😅

@jamera8223

1 month ago

I just got scammed for $300😑

@gavriloking5637

2 months ago

This is some of the most uneducated shit I've ever seen. Just for starters the Bible is the Old Testament and the New Testament, whereas the Torah is only the Old Testament which Jews would never refer to their own text as. If you're teaching about Judaism and Jewish history, call it the Torah. Furthermore, the sourcing on some of these slides is beyond yikes. Saying the "Israelites" are gone with the conquest by the Archaemenid Empire is a bad take because Poland has been partitioned on numerous occasions but because the people survived and maintained their language and culture, they were able to reform at later dates. You can say the state was gone but the people. Saying stuff like "who ever controls Egypt controls the world" is super weird and then saying the "Jews were created by the Persians to control the Levant" is straight up antisemitic.

This guy is not a professor and does not hold a history degree of any kind. If you think you're here learning about Jewish history I feel sorry for you. For reference, I have an undergrad and masters in history, so I'm not exactly uniformed. The whole part about the Samaritans mismatches his whole theory about Cyrus returning Jews from Babylon to Jerusalem and the surrounding area to control the Levant as a proxy state of his. His history of Tel Aviv and it's concentration of gays is super strange, he's basically rambling at this point.

Oh and btw I am no fan of the modern Israeli state, so I'm not criticizing this guy because I'm pro-Israel. I'm criticizing him because he's not a history teacher and it shows. Jewish identify is not created by Empires to suit Empires. That is anti-Semitic and he's condensing thousands of years of disparate history to draw a straight line from the ancient Persian state and the Babylonian Exile to the modern USA and modern Israel. It is no surprise the comment section is a mix of anti-Semitism with people who are against the modern Israeli state. People are confused and this "lesson" is only making things worse.

@watchdumb

3 months ago

His predictions are just jokes and based on Bible but which one there is no true Bible survived. It is all made up by people.

@YouTubeCancelCult

2 months ago

no word about the fact that the lost tribes are the Europeans of today. Just look at our crests - Judahs lion everywhere for thousands of years. The Persian also stole our Scythian identity. We are the Japhetites/Aryans. Persians and modern-day jews are genetically similar.

@RhythmRepertoire

2 months ago

@15:20 this right here is the highlight of the video and gets a like mostly for him pointing this FACT out. Israel doesn’t equal Jewish

@CEUprimate

3 months ago

it's funny we are learning the history of the middle east from an asian guy. It seems he knows more than those who actually live in the country and we just believe in everything he says

세진님이 올리신 파일은 다음 강의의 전사(Transcript)입니다.

How the Persians Constructed th…

이 자료의 핵심 주장과 논리를 정리하고, 역사학적 관점에서 평가까지 함께 설명하겠습니다.

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업로드해 주신 강설학(Jiang Xueqin) 교수의 강연 녹취록인 <페르시아는 어떻게 유대인 정체성을 구축했는가>에 대한 요약과 평론입니다. 세진님, 요청하신 대로 요약과 평론 부분은 <해라> 체를 사용하여 작성하였습니다.

### 요약: 제국적 상상력이 빚어낸 정체성, 유대인

강설학 교수는 이스라엘과 유대인의 정체성이 역사적 실체라기보다 제국들의 필요에 의해 만들어진 <제국적 상상력의 산물>이라고 주장한다. 레반트 지역은 지리적 요충지로서 고대부터 이집트, 아시리아, 바빌로니아 등 여러 제국의 이해관계가 얽혀 있었다.

1. 이스라엘인의 소멸과 페르시아의 등장 기원전 587년경 바빌로니아가 예루살렘 성전을 파괴하면서 기존의 이스라엘 정체성은 사실상 사라졌다. 이후 바빌론을 정복한 페르시아의 키루스 대제는 이들을 예루살렘으로 돌려보내는 <키루스 칙령>을 내린다. 성경은 이를 신의 뜻으로 묘사하지만, 강 교수는 이를 철저한 정치적 계산인 <분할 통치(Divide and Rule)> 전략으로 풀이한다.

2. <유대인(Jews)>이라는 발명품 페르시아는 부유한 이집트로 가는 길목인 레반트를 통제하기 위해, 오직 제국에 의해서만 존재가 유지되는 충성스러운 집단을 이 지역에 심어두고자 했다.

용어의 기원: <유대인(Jews)>은 페르시아의 속주인 <야후(Yahoo)>에서 유래한 용어다.
내부 갈등의 조장: 바빌론에서 돌아온 이들은 스스로를 <진정한 이스라엘인>이라 칭하며 현지에 남아있던 사마리아인들과 갈등을 빚었고, 페르시아 제국은 이 갈등을 관리하며 지역의 안정을 유지했다.

3. 현대적 계승과 미래 예측 이러한 제국적 관리 방식은 현대 미국과 이스라엘의 관계에서도 반복된다. 미국은 중동 내 갈등을 관리하며 지배력을 유지하려 하지만, 이스라엘은 제국의 도구로 남기를 거부하고 완전한 주권을 실현하려 한다. 강 교수는 이 과정에서 미국과 이스라엘의 결별, 이스라엘의 신권 정치 강화, 가자 지구와 서안 지구의 정화(Clearing)를 통한 신권 국가 수립 등을 예측한다.

### 평론: 발칙한 전복인가, 위험한 일반화인가

강설학 교수의 강연은 유대인 정체성의 기원을 종교적 신화가 아닌 냉혹한 국제 정치의 지정학적 맥락에서 재해석했다는 점에서 매우 도전적이고 흥미롭다. 정체성을 유동적이고 가변적인 것으로 파악하며, 제국이 피지배층을 통제하기 위해 어떻게 특정 집단의 정체성을 조작하고 활용하는지를 날카롭게 파헤친다.

1. 지정학적 통찰의 강점 전통적인 역사 서술이 간과하기 쉬운 <제국의 관리 비용>과 <완충 지대 확보>라는 측면에서 유대인의 귀환을 설명한 점은 설득력이 있다. 특히 현대 이스라엘을 바라보는 시각에서 <이스라엘인(시민)>과 <유대인(종교인)>을 구분하고, 이들이 제국의 영향력에서 벗어나기 위해 더 극단적인 신권 정치로 향하고 있다는 분석은 현재의 중동 정세를 이해하는 데 신선한 관점을 제공한다.

2. 학술적 근거와 일반화의 위험 그러나 이 강연은 학술적으로 논쟁적인 지점이 많다. 댓글에서도 지적되었듯, 바빌론 유수 자체를 부정하거나 토라의 성립 시기를 극단적으로 늦게 잡는 등의 주장은 주류 역사학 및 고고학적 성과와 배치될 위험이 있다. 또한, 모든 역사적 정체성을 제국의 기획으로만 환원하는 태도는 해당 민족이 가진 내부적 동력과 고유한 문화적 저항력을 지나치게 과소평가할 소지가 있다.

3. 예측의 도발성과 시사점 이스라엘이 결국 미국을 축출하고 중동의 패권자가 될 것이라는 예측은 대담하다 못해 파격적이다. 이는 역사적 패턴이 미래를 결정한다는 <예측 역사학>에 기반하고 있는데, 인간의 의지와 우발적인 변수가 작용하는 현실 정치에서 이 결정론적 시각이 얼마나 유효할지는 의문이다. 그럼에도 불구하고 <정체성은 만들어지는 것>이라는 그의 핵심 메시지는 오늘날 민족주의가 분출하는 세계 곳곳의 갈등을 돌아보게 하는 강력한 시사점을 던진다.

세진님, 강설학 교수의 이 강연 내용 중 특별히 더 깊이 있게 다뤄보고 싶은 부분이나, 그의 다른 강연에 대해서도 궁금한 점이 있으신가요? Would you like me to find more lectures by Professor Jiang Xueqin on other historical identities?

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1. 강의의 핵심 주장 (요약)

① “유대 정체성은 제국 정치 속에서 형성된 것”

강의의 가장 중요한 주장:

이스라엘/유대인의 정체성은 자연적으로 형성된 민족이 아니라
제국 통치 과정 속에서 재구성된 정치적 정체성이라는 것

특히 강조되는 제국:

아시리아
바빌로니아
페르시아

이 제국들이 레반트 지역을 통치하기 위해 정체성을 재구성했다는 해석입니다.

2. 역사 전개 구조

강의는 다음 역사 흐름을 따라 설명합니다.

① 다윗 왕국 → 분열

다윗 왕국 형성
솔로몬 이후

이스라엘이

북왕국 (이스라엘)
남왕국 (유다)

로 분열

② 아시리아 정복

북왕국 이스라엘

→ 아시리아에 의해 정복

“잃어버린 10지파” 전설 발생

③ 바빌론 정복

남왕국 유다

→ 바빌론에 의해 정복

엘리트층 바빌론으로 강제 이주

이 과정에서

유대인들이
- 서기관
- 상인
- 행정가

로 제국 사회에 편입됨.

How the Persians Constructed th…

3. 페르시아 제국의 정책

강의의 핵심 부분입니다.

키루스 대왕 (Cyrus the Great)

539 BCE

바빌론 정복

성경에도 등장하는 사건:

유대인 귀환 허용
예루살렘 성전 재건 허용

성경에서는

“신이 키루스를 통해 이 일을 했다”

라고 설명합니다.

How the Persians Constructed th…

그러나 강의는 이것을

제국 통치 전략으로 해석합니다.

4. 페르시아의 통치 전략

강의의 핵심 논리입니다.

페르시아 제국이 레반트를 통치하기 위해

다음 전략을 사용했다는 주장입니다.

divide and rule (분할 통치)

레반트는

이집트
메소포타미아

사이를 연결하는 전략 지역

따라서 제국은

현지 충성 집단을 만들 필요가 있었다

그래서

귀환 유대인 공동체를 지원
예루살렘 성전 재건

→ 페르시아에 충성하는 지역 엘리트 형성

5. “Jew”라는 개념

강의에서 흥미로운 주장:

“Jew라는 용어 자체가 페르시아 행정 용어일 가능성”

즉

이전: Israelites
이후: Jews

정체성 변화.

페르시아 행정구역

Yehud (야후드)

에서 유래했다고 설명합니다.

How the Persians Constructed th…

6. 귀환 유대인 vs 현지 이스라엘인

바빌론에서 돌아온 집단

현지 주민 (사마리아인 등)

갈등 발생

귀환자들의 주장:

“우리가 진짜 이스라엘”

그 결과

성전 중심 종교
율법 중심 사회
신정 정치

발달

7. 강의의 현대 정치 해석

강의 후반부는 매우 논쟁적인 주장입니다.

교수의 주장:

현대 이스라엘은
제국과 밀접하게 연결된 국가

예시:

미국 제국
이스라엘
중동 질서

또한

이스라엘 정치가

성서적 정체성
신정 정치

방향으로 갈 가능성을 언급합니다.

How the Persians Constructed th…

8. 역사학적 평가

이 강의에는

맞는 부분
과장된 부분

둘 다 있습니다.

(1) 맞는 부분

① 바빌론 유수의 중요성

대부분 학자 동의

유대교 형성 핵심 사건

성전 중심 → 율법 중심
diaspora 형성

② 페르시아 정책

맞습니다.

페르시아는

종교 관용
지역 자치

정책을 사용했습니다.

예:

바빌론
유대
이집트

③ Yehud 행정구역

역사적으로 사실.

페르시아 행정구역:

Yehud Medinata

(2) 과장된 부분

① “Jew identity invented by Persians”

이건 학계에서 지나치게 단순화된 주장

학계 일반 견해:

유대 정체성은

철기시대 이스라엘 문화
왕국 시대
바빌론 유수
페르시아 시대

여러 단계에서 형성.

② 성경 전체를 페르시아 정치로 설명

강의는

성경 편집을

거의 전부

페르시아 정치로 설명합니다.

하지만 학계는

다양한 층을 인정합니다.

예:

Yahwist
Elohist
Deuteronomist
Priestly

③ 현대 이스라엘 해석

강의는

현대 정치 분석을

고대 역사와 강하게 연결합니다.

이 부분은

학술보다 정치적 해석에 가까움

9. 세진님이 보신 “비밀결사론” 논쟁과의 관계

세진님이 이전에 질문하신

지앙 교수의 문제점과도 연결됩니다.

특징:

제국이 정체성을 만든다
종교가 정치 프로젝트다
역사 뒤에 권력 네트워크

이런 설명은

부분적으로는 역사사회학

하지만

너무 밀어붙이면

구조적 음모론처럼 보일 수 있습니다.

10. 역사학적으로 가장 균형 잡힌 해석

현재 학계 합의에 가까운 설명:

유대 정체성 형성은

다음 단계의 결과입니다.

1
철기시대 이스라엘 부족 문화

2
왕국 시대 (다윗·솔로몬)

3
아시리아 충격

4
바빌론 유수

5
페르시아 제국

6
헬레니즘 시대

즉

제국이 영향을 준 것은 맞지만
“창조했다”는 것은 과장입니다.

세진님께 하나 여쭤보고 싶습니다.

이 강의는 사실
요즘 인터넷에서 매우 논쟁적인 이유가 있습니다.

핵심 질문은 이것입니다.

“유대인은 민족인가
아니면 종교 공동체인가?”

원하시면 다음을 설명드리겠습니다.

1️⃣ 실제 학계의 결론
2️⃣ Norman Finkelstein 주장
3️⃣ Shlomo Sand 논쟁
4️⃣ 유대인 정체성의 역사적 구조

이 주제는 세진님이 관심 가지신
이스라엘-팔레스타인 문제를 이해하는 데도
아주 중요한 부분입니다.

1️⃣ 실제 학계의 결론 2️⃣ Norman Finkelstein 주장 3️⃣ Shlomo Sand 논쟁 4️⃣ 유대인 정체성의 역사적 구조

세진님, 이 문제는 <한 문장 결론>으로는 정리하기 어렵습니다.
가장 가까운 학술적 정리는 이렇습니다:

<유대인은 단순한 “종교”도 아니고, 단순한 “혈통 민족”도 아닙니다.>
대체로 학계는 유대인을 <ethnoreligious people>, 즉 <민족성·종교·역사기억·관습·혈연·개종이 함께 얽힌 집단>으로 봅니다.

아래에 4가지를 차례로 정리하겠습니다.

<한국어>

1️⃣ 실제 학계의 결론

오늘날 주류 학계의 대체적 결론은 다음과 같습니다.

유대인은

단순한 생물학적 “인종”이 아니고
단순한 신앙 공동체도 아니며
<역사적 민족성>, <종교>, <공동 기억>, <율법·관습>, <디아스포라 네트워크>, <개종을 통한 편입>이 결합된 집단입니다.

즉, 학계는 보통 유대인을
<people>, <nation>, <ethnoreligious group>, <diasporic people> 같은 말로 설명합니다.
이 가운데 어느 한 단어만으로 완전히 설명되지는 않습니다.

또한 중요한 점은, 유대 정체성은 한 시점에 “발명”된 것이 아니라,

고대 이스라엘/유다의 집단 형성
바빌론 유수
페르시아기 예후드(Yehud)
제2성전기
랍비 유대교
중세 디아스포라
근대 민족주의와 시온주의

를 거치며 장기적으로 재구성되었다는 것입니다. 바빌론 유수와 페르시아 시대는 매우 중요했지만, 그것만으로 전부 설명되지는 않습니다.

그래서 세진님이 보신 지앙 교수 강의처럼 “페르시아가 유대인을 만들었다”는 식의 설명은,
<부분적 통찰은 있지만 전체 학계 합의라고 보기는 어렵습니다>. 그 강의가 강조한 페르시아기 전환의 중요성 자체는 맞지만, 전체 유대 정체성을 제국의 설계물로 환원하면 과도한 단순화가 됩니다.

2️⃣ Norman Finkelstein 주장

Finkelstein의 입장은 <학계의 표준 정리>라기보다 <정치적·논쟁적 개입>에 가깝습니다.

그는 대체로

<유대인>과 <이스라엘 국가>와 <시온주의>를 동일시하는 것을 강하게 비판하고
팔레스타인인의 자결권을 국제법적으로 강조하며
“유대인의 권리”라는 이름으로 팔레스타인 억압을 정당화하는 담론을 공격합니다.

다만 여기서 중요한 것은, Finkelstein이 늘 같은 수준의 개념적 정밀함을 유지하는 것은 아니라는 점입니다.
그는 어떤 맥락에서는 <Jewish people>라는 표현을 사용하며 자결권 논쟁에 직접 개입하고, 다른 맥락에서는 유대인을 생물학적 민족처럼 다루는 주장이나 “혈통 본질주의”를 비판합니다. 즉 그의 핵심 관심은 <유대 정체성의 학술적 정의> 자체보다, <그 정체성이 국가폭력을 정당화하는 방식에 대한 비판>에 더 가깝습니다.

그래서 Finkelstein을 요약하면 이렇게 말하는 편이 정확합니다:

<유대인은 하나의 역사적 집단일 수 있지만, 그것이 현대 이스라엘 국가의 특권적 구조를 정당화하지는 않는다.>

그는 유대 정체성 자체를 완전히 부정한다기보다,
<유대 정체성 = 시온주의 국가권력>이라는 등식을 깨려는 쪽입니다.

3️⃣ Shlomo Sand 논쟁

Shlomo Sand의 <The Invention of the Jewish People>는 매우 유명하지만, 주류 학계에서는 <도전적이지만 과장된 책>으로 읽히는 경우가 많습니다.

그의 핵심 주장은 대략 이렇습니다.

“유대 민족”이 고대부터 연속된 단일 민족이라는 믿음은 근대 민족주의가 만든 서사다
로마가 모든 유대인을 한꺼번에 추방해 오늘의 디아스포라가 생겼다는 대중적 서사는 신화에 가깝다
많은 유대 공동체는 개종과 혼합을 통해 형성되었으며, 따라서 단일 혈통 민족이라는 관념은 부정확하다

이 주장의 장점은 분명합니다.

민족주의 역사서술을 비판하게 만들고
“피의 연속성” 신화를 흔들며
유대인 역사도 다른 민족사처럼 <구성된 역사서사>를 갖고 있음을 드러냅니다.

하지만 비판도 강합니다.

첫째, Sand는 <연속성의 신화>를 비판하는 과정에서 실제 역사적 연속성까지 너무 약화시키는 경향이 있습니다.
둘째, 유대 디아스포라의 형성과 확산을 설명할 때 <개종>과 <혼합>을 강조하지만, 기존 유대 공동체의 지속성도 분명히 컸다는 반론이 많습니다.
셋째, 특히 대중적으로 자주 연결되는 <카자르 기원설>은 학계에서 매우 신중하게 다뤄지며, 넓은 범위의 아슈케나지 유대인이 주로 카자르에서 왔다는 식의 강한 주장에는 회의적 평가가 많습니다.

그래서 현재의 더 균형 잡힌 평가는:

<샌드는 “유대인은 허구다”를 증명했다기보다, “유대 민족에 대한 근대 민족주의 서사가 얼마나 선택적이고 구성적인가”를 과감하게 드러냈다>
— 정도라고 보는 것이 좋습니다.

4️⃣ 유대인 정체성의 역사적 구조

세진님 질문에 가장 직접적인 답은 이것입니다.

유대인 정체성은 보통 다음 6층 정도가 겹쳐져 있습니다.

<1. 고대 이스라엘/유다의 기억>

성서, 출애굽, 다윗 왕조, 예루살렘, 성전 기억이 핵심 뼈대입니다.
이것이 종교 서사이면서 동시에 집단 기억의 토대가 됩니다.

<2. 언약과 율법>

유대 정체성은 단순한 믿음이 아니라 <토라, 계명, 관습, 달력, 음식 규범, 의례>를 포함한 생활세계입니다.

<3. 디아스포라>

유대인은 아주 오래전부터 “땅에 붙은 민족”이면서 동시에 “흩어진 민족”이었습니다.
이 이중성이 정체성의 핵심입니다.

<4. 혈연과 출생>

실제로 많은 유대 공동체는 가족·출생·혼인 규범을 통해 재생산되었습니다.
그래서 민족성 요소가 분명히 존재합니다. 하지만 이것이 순수 혈통이나 생물학적 인종을 뜻하지는 않습니다.

<5. 개종 가능성>

유대인은 출생만으로 구성되지 않습니다. 개종을 통해 공동체에 들어올 수 있습니다.
이 점이 “유대인은 단순 민족이 아니다”라는 주장에 힘을 실어줍니다.

<6. 근대 민족주의와 시온주의>

19세기 이후 유럽 민족주의의 시대에 유대 정체성은 다시 <nation>의 언어로 재해석되었습니다.
현대 이스라엘 국가는 그 재해석의 산물 가운데 하나입니다. 그러나 그것이 유대 정체성 전체와 동일한 것은 아닙니다.

정리하면

세진님 질문에 대한 가장 균형 잡힌 답은 다음입니다.

<1> 실제 학계:
유대인은 <종교이면서 민족이고, 민족이면서 디아스포라이며, 혈연성과 개종 가능성을 함께 가진 ethnoreligious people>이다.

<2> Finkelstein:
유대 정체성 자체의 역사이론을 세우기보다, 그 정체성이 현대 국가폭력의 면허증처럼 쓰이는 방식을 비판한다.

<3> Shlomo Sand:
유대 민족의 “자연적·연속적·혈통적” 서사를 강하게 흔들었지만, 주류 학계는 그가 <민족주의 신화 비판>에서는 유효하나 <역사적 연속성 부정>에서는 지나치다고 본다.

<4> 역사적 구조:
유대인 정체성은 <고대 기억 + 율법 + 디아스포라 + 출생 + 개종 + 근대 민족주의>가 층층이 쌓여 형성된 것이다.

<English>

1️⃣ What mainstream scholarship actually says

The closest mainstream scholarly answer is this:

<Jews are neither just a religion nor just a biological ethnicity.> Most scholars treat Jews as an <ethnoreligious people> — a historical community shaped by religion, shared memory, law, kinship, descent, conversion, and diaspora. :contentReference[oaicite:23]{index=23}

That is why scholarly language often moves among terms such as <people>, <nation>, <ethnoreligious group>, and <diasporic people>. No single label fully captures the whole thing.

Mainstream scholarship also does <not> say that Jewish identity was simply “invented” at one moment. Rather, it developed across many layers: ancient Israel/Judah, the Babylonian exile, Persian-period Yehud, Second Temple Judaism, rabbinic Judaism, medieval diasporas, and modern nationalism/Zionism.

So Professor Jiang’s lecture points to something real — the major importance of the Persian period — but it pushes too far if it reduces Jewish identity to an imperial construction.

2️⃣ Norman Finkelstein’s position

Finkelstein is best understood not as offering a standard academic definition of Jewish identity, but as making a sharp political intervention.

He strongly criticizes the conflation of

Jews,
Judaism,
Zionism,
and the State of Israel,

and he emphasizes Palestinian self-determination in legal and political terms.

What matters here is that his core concern is usually <not> “What is the best scholarly definition of Jewish peoplehood?” His concern is rather: <How is Jewish identity being mobilized to justify Palestinian dispossession and state violence?>

So the fairest summary is:

He is less interested in denying Jewish identity outright than in breaking the equation
<Jewish identity = Zionist state power>.

3️⃣ The Shlomo Sand debate

Shlomo Sand’s <The Invention of the Jewish People> became famous because it attacked the idea that the Jews are a single, continuous nation stretching unchanged from antiquity to the present.

Its central claims are roughly these:

the modern idea of “the Jewish people” was heavily shaped by modern nationalism,
the popular story of total Roman exile is exaggerated or mythologized,
and many Jewish communities emerged through conversion and mixture, not just unbroken descent.

The book’s strength is that it exposes how national histories are constructed.
Its weakness, according to many scholars, is that it sometimes swings too far in the other direction and understates real historical continuity across Jewish communities.

This is especially important around the Khazar question. Scholars do acknowledge conversion in Jewish history, including the Khazar case in some form, but they are generally skeptical of strong popular claims that Ashkenazi Jews are mainly or simply Khazar in origin.

So a balanced reading would be:

4️⃣ The historical structure of Jewish identity

Jewish identity is best understood as a layered structure.

<1. Ancient Israel/Judah memory>
Biblical memory, Jerusalem, the Temple, covenant, and ancestral narratives form the deep symbolic core.

<2. Law and practice>
Judaism is not just belief but a lived system of law, ritual, food rules, calendar, and communal discipline.

<3. Diaspora>
Jewish identity has long combined attachment to a land with life in dispersion. That tension is central.

<4. Descent and kinship>
Many Jewish communities reproduced themselves through family, marriage, and inherited status. So ethnicity matters — but not as a pure biological race.

<5. Conversion>
People can enter Jewish community through conversion. This is one reason Jews cannot be reduced to bloodline alone.

<6. Modern nationalism and Zionism>
In the modern era, Jewish peoplehood was rearticulated in nationalist terms. The State of Israel is one result of that rearticulation, but it is not identical with Jewish identity as a whole.

Final one-paragraph answer

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<“유대인은 민족인가, 종교인가, 문명인가?”를 개념사적으로 1:1 비교표> 형태로 정리해드리겠습니다.

Monday, March 9, 2026

페르시아는 어떻게 유대인 정체성을 구축했는가, Jiang Xueqin, YouTube

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### 평론: 발칙한 전복인가, 위험한 일반화인가

1. 강의의 핵심 주장 (요약)

① “유대 정체성은 제국 정치 속에서 형성된 것”

2. 역사 전개 구조

① 다윗 왕국 → 분열

② 아시리아 정복

③ 바빌론 정복

3. 페르시아 제국의 정책

키루스 대왕 (Cyrus the Great)

4. 페르시아의 통치 전략

divide and rule (분할 통치)

5. “Jew”라는 개념

6. 귀환 유대인 vs 현지 이스라엘인

7. 강의의 현대 정치 해석

8. 역사학적 평가

(1) 맞는 부분

① 바빌론 유수의 중요성

② 페르시아 정책

③ Yehud 행정구역

(2) 과장된 부분

① “Jew identity invented by Persians”

② 성경 전체를 페르시아 정치로 설명

③ 현대 이스라엘 해석

9. 세진님이 보신 “비밀결사론” 논쟁과의 관계

10. 역사학적으로 가장 균형 잡힌 해석

<한국어>

1️⃣ 실제 학계의 결론

2️⃣ Norman Finkelstein 주장

3️⃣ Shlomo Sand 논쟁

4️⃣ 유대인 정체성의 역사적 구조

<1. 고대 이스라엘/유다의 기억>

<2. 언약과 율법>

<3. 디아스포라>

<4. 혈연과 출생>

<5. 개종 가능성>

<6. 근대 민족주의와 시온주의>

정리하면

<English>

1️⃣ What mainstream scholarship actually says

2️⃣ Norman Finkelstein’s position

3️⃣ The Shlomo Sand debate

4️⃣ The historical structure of Jewish identity

Final one-paragraph answer

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