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Those Mysterious Gentiles,
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This review is from: The Mystery of the Gentiles (Paperback)
This book is an impressive work, a good read on a subject widely misunderstood. It is well documented with outstanding footnotes and references. The author is obviously a Bible scholar and I plan to get his book on The Covenant People. Ken M.
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Worst possible scholarship,
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This book was read at the behest of brothers, who felt that it would clarify various terms for me, such as defining exactly who a Jew, Israelite and Gentile was. The object of the book was to persuade the reader that 1. Who we call Jews today are actually Kazars and Edomites, 2. Who we call Gentiles in the Bible are actually Israelites who have taken over Europe. 3. The promises of salvation in Scripture remain limited to Israelites. The first chapter introduces the topic by suggesting that this is a mystery in Scripture that few people have noticed. It also suggests that most of us have misread Scripture by not taking care of terminology. Chapter 2 engages in defining the Jew according to Ted. Annoyingly, Ted repeatedly reminds us that the Jews do not necessarily refer to the Israelites of the Northern or Combined kingdom. Chapter 3 introduces the idea that the current Jews living in the state of Israel are actually Kazars or Edomites. Chapter 4 suggests that the biblical Israelites have become a subset of the "Gentiles", gentile being also referred to in Scripture as the Nations. Chapter 5 further labors over trying to define the gentile, accusing translators with inconsistency in the translation of goyim and ethnos, yet always admitting that those words are used to refer to different things at different times. Chapter 6 attempts to offer a biblical argument that when the Scripture discusses promises to Israel, it could not possibly refer to a "spiritual" Israel, i.e., to non-Israelites who have faith in Christ. He even ventures that no non-Israelite would ever be predestined to the called (bottom of p. 51), thus negating the possibility of any non-Israelite being saved, and contradicting his arguments in the 2nd appendix. Chapters 7 & 8 offers Wieland's interpretation of Romans 11 and Ephesians 2. Chapter 9 argues that the whole of Europe was actually occupied by migrations of the 10 "lost" tribes of Israel, thus affirming that the covenant to Israel related to Europe and not to other "nations" that were "non-Israelite". Chapter 10 again resurrects the argument that the current Israelis are actually Edomites. It is hard to know where to start with a critical review of this book. The scholarship is so bad, so poorly argued, so inconsistent that it defies imagination. I was careful to look up a number of his quotes, such as to the Jewish Encyclopedia, which one may access on-line, to realize that the text is definitely NOT confirming the arguments of Weiland, but only presenting a number of theories of who the Jews are. Weiland presents nothing novel, in that British Israelism or Anglo-Israelism has been around at least two hundred years, and has failed in all aspects, historically, scripturally, logically, philologically, and experientially as a reasonable explanation of the definition of the Jew and the Gentile. Weiland demonstrates the danger of a little knowledge, and his amateurish use of Hebrew and Greek betrays a pitiful ignorance of language and translation demands. Weiland speaks in a very demeaning style, which is necessary for him in order to attempt to persuade somebody else of his preposterous claims. In his Scripture quotes, he routinely inserts his own definition of pronouns [the house of Judah], [the house of Israel], etc., which defies plain reads of the quoted Scripture. Weiland is an example of forming a theory, and then forcing history and Scripture to fit that. This has been done too many times, and the results are disastrous. In Wieland's case, he is forced to conclude that "non-Israelites", i.e, Africans, Asians, etc. do not share in the same covenant promises of the Israelites. Yet, to Wieland's embarrassment, the Koreans, and African nations are exploding with Christians. Perhaps, Wieland would argue that they are lesser Christians that found in Europe and America. In summary, this book was so bad that it was a struggle to read.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Please, Please read this book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!,
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This review is from: The Mystery of the Gentiles (Paperback)
This is a great book. Gives a complete well-documented account of the true Israel along with explaining the truth of what most Christians think is modern Biblical Israel. I wish every preacher would read this and wake-up the Body of Christ. Judaism is nothing close to Christianity and the Rabbi quotes are all amazing in this book. Rev 3:9 I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are not and are liars, I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you. To me this verse can only apply to the deceit of the Edomite/Khazars who pose as God's chosen people and who spread this lie to the present day. Now we see Christians accepting this as truth and thinking of themselves as the Goy/gentiles when they are actually the Biblical Israel and the chosen race. Please, please read this book and then read the other book on the Abramic cov. by the same author. I have read many books on this topic and this is the best. Also if you can find it, read "Who is Esua-Edom?" by Charles Weisman. These are the best 3 books and will wake-up Christians and help you understand the covenants in the Old Testament as well as gain major perspective of who Paul was actually teaching in the early churches. I bought multiple copies and passed them out. Also read Raymond Capt "Stone Kingdom" and his "Missing links Assyrian Tablets". It is time for the Church to wake-up. God bless America and you.
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