The Synagogentier

Some say the Jews stem directly from Paradise where God created them through Adam without any female contribution. Others believe they marched down from Denmark. Many think they are a chosen people, either chosen by God or by the devil ... even, in modern times, by global players of world politics. Mosaic scripture proves, above all, that it cannot be taken seriously as a historical chronicle. Was there ever an "Ancient Israel"? What did the people living around the Golan Heights and...
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Some say the Jews stem directly from Paradise where God created them through Adam without any female contribution. Others believe they marched down from Denmark. Many think they are a chosen people, either chosen by God or by the devil ... even, in modern times, by global players of world politics. Mosaic scripture proves, above all, that it cannot be taken seriously as a historical chronicle. Was there ever an "Ancient Israel"? What did the people living around the Golan Heights and ruled by King Omri, really call themselves? What does recent DNA analysis tell us? How important is a genetic code anyway?Factions in the Arab World want Israel wiped off the map. According to Israeli law a man who has had intercourse with a Jewish woman and lied about the fact that he is not Jewish, is classified as a rapist and can end up in jail. Some Christians see Arabs and Jews as two peoples that have been abandoned by God and left to their own, mutual destruction.In his personal and essayistic account "The Synagogentier, and Other Observations on Jewish Identity", Carlos Wiggen looks for some semblance of order in all this. Drawing on archaeology, linguistics, mythology, genetics and historical hermeneutics, he uncovers little known, suppressed or misunderstood myths facts regarding one of the most enigmatic and influential peoples in human history.