Originally posted by StinkyFeet
reply to post by really

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Or is that what they want you to believe?

Professor David Yeroshalmi, author of The Jews of Iran in the 19th century and an expert on Iranian Jewish communities, disputes the validity of this argument. "There is no such meaning for the word 'sabour' in any of the Persian Jewish dialects, nor does it mean Jewish prayer shawl in Persian. Also, the name Sabourjian is not a well-known Jewish name," he stated in a recent interview. In fact, Iranian Jews use the Hebrew word "tzitzit" to describe the Jewish prayer shawl.

The Talmud expands on the Torah passages of Deuteronomy 7, which oppose intermarriage by Jews. This verse states that the child of a Jewish woman and a non-Jewish man will be Jewish. Other Torah verses admonish Jewish men from taking non-Jewish wives because their children will not be Jewish.

Why and how matrilineal descent evolved is unclear. Other aspects of lineage, such as one's affiliation with the Jewish tribes, are traced through the father. And in the Hebrew Bible, paternal lineage often plays a more important role. Scholars have suggested various reasons for the use of maternal lineage in determining Jewish status

Originally posted by star in a jar

Your other point about his father's great-great-great grandfather being Jewish would not make him Jewish as the Jewish bloodline is traced through the mother

In the Talmud it is maternal lineage. However, in the Hebrew Bible it is paternal...

From this source

The Talmud expands on the Torah passages of Deuteronomy 7, which oppose intermarriage by Jews. This verse states that the child of a Jewish woman and a non-Jewish man will be Jewish. Other Torah verses admonish Jewish men from taking non-Jewish wives because their children will not be Jewish.

Why and how matrilineal descent evolved is unclear. Other aspects of lineage, such as one's affiliation with the Jewish tribes, are traced through the father. And in the Hebrew Bible, paternal lineage often plays a more important role. Scholars have suggested various reasons for the use of maternal lineage in determining Jewish status

I have read the article, but Ahmadinejad's heritage can't be dismissed because of technicalities. Blood and DNA doesn't know technicalities, nor do they know holy books.

How come the name Sabourjian is on the Iranian registry for Jewish names then?




[edit on 6-10-2009 by star in a jar]

Originally posted by December_Rain
reply to post by Maxmars

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Exactly, 100% agree with you