“In The Beginning” -Genesis 1:1

The Beginning of History

A Look into the Father of Mankind, his Children, and a Brief Origin of Political History following the Flood

The Flood

Analysis of Japheth and Gomer's Historical Identification

A look into the Scythian Pontic Steppe and it's role in the origin of the Japhetites

First Son of Japheth

Shifting Homeland of the Germanic Migrations

Identifying the Riphaean Mountains and the associated designation for descendants of Riphath

Unraveling the persistent nightmare of Turkish ancestral propaganda

Digging into the shared ancestry of Turks and Mongols; and looking at early Chinese border barbarian states

Digging into an Anatolia that has yet to be dug

The Apocalyptic Leader Before the Coming of the Messiah

Who will become the progenitor of the future apocalyptic nation?

Digging into Indian and Iranian shared ancestry, as well as Zoroastrian theological development

Looking further into the classical identification for Javan

A brief, but enlightening analysis for Javan's first son

Digging into the Secret Origins for Javan's 'Lost Son' and Mythological Hero Founder

Unlocking the complex traditions of Tarshish

A Quick drop in to Bronze Age Cyprus

Dodanim or Rodanim? Clues for a Translation Dispute

Diving into the Greek identity

Linking Tubal with the eponymous founder of the Tabalian Syro-Hittite city state

Unlocking the Mystery of the Allied Brothers Meshech and Tubal

Identifying the final son of Japheth

Finalizing our Search for the First Son on the Table of Nations

“And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.” Genesis 9:22

“And Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah begot Shem, Ham, and Japheth.” (Genesis 5:32) “And Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.” (Genesis 6:10)

“And the sons of Ham were Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan." Genesis 10:6

"Cursed be Canaan; he Shall be a Slave Among Slaves to his Brethren." -Genesis 9:25

The elder son of Ham with similarly ancient roots

Returning to Cush to break down regional cultures

The nightmare of etymology

Looking at two competing narratives for Havilah

Locating the proper home for Cushite Havilah

Setting the framework for a complex analysis on Nile peoples

Digging into various sources to identify the geography of the Nile

Closing up our discussion of Sabtah's identification

Traveling up the Nile to the Ethiopian Highlands

Clarifying mysterious links to India and Arabia

One of the bibles sneakiest names, clarified in it's geographic context

Starting our journey through Africa in the Ethiopian Highlands

Digging through Greek and Roman records of Africa

Searching through our short list of potential candidates: Kanuri, Mossi, Mande, Akan

Searching through the Niger bend for Igbo and Yoruba origins

Venturing into the Saharan graveyard for the bones of ancient empires

Wrapping up this insane discussion with Torah

The final confusing son of Cush

Beginning of our journey through Ancient Mesopotamia

“And Cush begat Nimrod; he began to be a mighty man in the land. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord." Genesis 10:8-9

“And they shall break the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod at its gates; and he shall save [us] from Assyria, who comes into our land, and who treads in our border.” Micah 5:5

Digging up Ancient Sumeria

“Ashur left that land, and he built Nineveh, and Rehovot Ir, and Kalah And Resen between Nineveh and Kalah; that is the great city” (Genesis 10:11-12).

A discussion of the connections between Nimrod and Amraphel

“Now it came to pass in the days of Amraphel the king of Shinar, Arioch the king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and Tidal the king of Goyim.” Genesis 14:1

Did Nimrod Have a Son?

Searching for an Ancient King and his City

Leader of the Coalition

Leader of a Coalition of Nations

“And the fugitive came and he told Abram the Hebrew, and he was living in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshkol and the brother of Aner, who were Abram's confederates.” Genesis 14:13

What was Og's role in Abraham's life?

How did Og survive so many events?

What was Og's fate?

Mighty Brother of Og

Were there multiple Nimrods?

“And they said, "Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered upon the face of the entire earth.” Genesis 11:4

Periodizing Mesopotamia

Introduction to the Nephilim and the Foundation of Biblical Human Evolution

Harmonizing Idealism and Materialism

Generations of the World

Identifying Archaic Hominins Contribution to the Human Genome

Rabbinic Commentaries on the Antediluvians

Fathers of the Bene Elohim

“The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward" Genesis 6:4

“There we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, descended from the giants. In our eyes, we seemed like grasshoppers, and so we were in their eyes.” Numbers 13:33

“Giborim – Rabbi Abba bar Kahana said, in the name of Rabbi Yoḥanan: The marrow of the femur of one of them measured eighteen cubits.” Bereshit Rabbah 26:7

“And the champion emerged from the Philistines' camp, named Goliath, from Gath; his height was six cubits and a span.” I Samuel 17:4

Searching for Ancient Clues

“The giants were on the earth in those days.” They were called by seven names: Eimim, Refa’im, Giborim, Zamzumim, Anakim, Avim, Nefilim.” Bereshit Rabbah 26:7

“Zamzumim – Rabbi Yosei bar Ḥanina said: Intimidating military commanders. Zamzumim is because they would be constantly ready [mezumanim] for battle.” Bereshit Rabbah 26:7

“Eimim – as anyone who saw them, fear of them [eimatan] would descend upon them.” Bereshit Rabbah 26:7

“And the Horites in their hill country of Seir as far as El-paran, which is by the wilderness.” Genesis 14:6

Enemy of the Israelites

Children of Canaan

“There we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, descended from the giants. In our eyes, we seemed like grasshoppers, and so we were in their eyes.” Numbers 13:13

“But the Avim, who dwell in open cities, up till Hatzerim -- the Caphtorites, who came forth of Caphtor, exterminated them, and dwelt in their stead.” Deuteronomy 2:23

Delving into the Mysteries of Torah