the forty years of these travels in the wild, led them to the straits of Hormuz and eventual entry into what is now Iran. The Jewish people, especially those classified as Serphadi, are in fact very close in cultural identity to the Andalucian gypsies whose very name echoes the Pharaonic lands. The Ashkenazi are a different kettle of fish and whereas, they are thought to derive from the Caucasian Kazzars whose origins go through early Christian influence, it is possible that in fact it also refers to Akhenaton, the Pharaoh many scholars now associate with the figure and religious teachings of Moses. Proving just who is of the House of Judah or not is sometimes better seen through the family names that identify the tribe. The post Christian texts, make it even more difficult to identify what is meant by a Jew and a member of the tribes of Jacob “Ben Iacoub” which is what non Judeans of the other tribes, modern scholars insist, differentiates Israelis from Judeans i.e. members of the lost tribes and not of the tribe of Judah.
Jesus cannot be identified culturally with Judea or the Jews.
Jesus as one would expect of an Israeli teacher, never mentions Judean history or figures like Solomon or Moses. He always refers to the Israeli patriarchs, like Elias and Elijah which proves the point. The only mention he ever made of David, was scathing, when he was addressed as the son of David by the Judean woman. He did not like it at all and as mentioned earlier, embarrassed the woman against the pleas of his own disciples. Whoever therefore speaks of Jesus as the Judean Messiah has not done his or her sums properly and cannot see the forest for the trees. Perhaps from this angle of vision, as a Syrian/Asian heir of leaders of