Anonymous
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7/20/2025, 11:42:34 PM No.510917897
The book Racial Origin and Earliest Racial History of the Hebrews by Eugen Fischer (translated by Charles E. Weber) presents a detailed anthropological analysis of the racial composition of the ancient Hebrews, drawing from racial biology, genetics, archaeology, and historical linguistics. Fischer argues that the Hebrews emerged from a mixture of several racial strains, primarily the Orientalid (Arabian-Semitic), Near Eastern (Armenoid), and Mediterranean races, with minor Nordic and possible Negroid influences.
Does This Book Support or Debunk Christian Identity Beliefs?
Fischer’s work explicitly contradicts the pseudohistorical claims of Christian Identity and similar white nationalist theories, which argue:
That the ancient Hebrews were a “white” Nordic or Aryan people.
That modern Jews are racially distinct from the Hebrews of the Bible.
Fischer’s conclusions dismantle these claims:
1. The Hebrews Were Not “White” in the Nordic Sense
The dominant racial element in the Hebrews was the Orientalid race (akin to modern Arabs), characterized by dark hair, dark eyes, and a hooked or convex nose.
The Near Eastern (Armenoid) race contributed a short-skulled, broad-faced, and convex-nosed physical type.
Mediterranean admixture (long-faced, narrow-nosed) was also present.
Nordic influence was minor and limited to ruling elites (e.g., Hittites, Amurites, possibly Philistines). Fischer explicitly states:
> “The fact that the Nordic element was repeatedly mentioned in this presentation must not give the impression that this admixture was especially large!”
He adds that Nordic traits were quickly diluted due to climatic unsuitability.
Does This Book Support or Debunk Christian Identity Beliefs?
Fischer’s work explicitly contradicts the pseudohistorical claims of Christian Identity and similar white nationalist theories, which argue:
That the ancient Hebrews were a “white” Nordic or Aryan people.
That modern Jews are racially distinct from the Hebrews of the Bible.
Fischer’s conclusions dismantle these claims:
1. The Hebrews Were Not “White” in the Nordic Sense
The dominant racial element in the Hebrews was the Orientalid race (akin to modern Arabs), characterized by dark hair, dark eyes, and a hooked or convex nose.
The Near Eastern (Armenoid) race contributed a short-skulled, broad-faced, and convex-nosed physical type.
Mediterranean admixture (long-faced, narrow-nosed) was also present.
Nordic influence was minor and limited to ruling elites (e.g., Hittites, Amurites, possibly Philistines). Fischer explicitly states:
> “The fact that the Nordic element was repeatedly mentioned in this presentation must not give the impression that this admixture was especially large!”
He adds that Nordic traits were quickly diluted due to climatic unsuitability.
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