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+ | 01 Cimmerian (Cymru) | ||
+ | <br>02 Scythian - Tiferet within Chesed | ||
+ | <br>03 Rifathite - Netzach within Chesed | ||
+ | <br>04 Togarmahite - Hod within Chesed | ||
+ | <br>05 Magogite - Chochmah within Chesed | ||
+ | <br>06 Madaiite (Mede) - Binah within Chesed | ||
+ | <br>07 Yavanite (Ionian) | ||
+ | <br>08 Elishahite - Yesod within Chesed | ||
+ | <br>09 Tarshishite - Malchut within Chesed | ||
+ | <br>10 Kittite - Chochmah within Gevurah | ||
+ | <br>11 Dodanite - Binah within Gevurah | ||
+ | <br>12 Tuvalite (Siberian) - Daat within Chesed | ||
+ | <br>13 Meshkhetian - Chesed within Chesed | ||
+ | <br>14 Tirasite - Gevurah within Chesed | ||
+ | <br>15 Khushite | ||
+ | <br>16 [[סבא|Seva]]ite - Chesed within Gevurah | ||
+ | <br>17 [[חוילה|Chavilah]]ite - Gevurah within Gevurah | ||
+ | <br>18 Savtahite - Tiferet within Gevurah | ||
+ | <br>19 Ra'amahite | ||
+ | <br>20 Savtekhaite - Netzach within Gevurah | ||
+ | <br>21 Khushite-[[שבא|Sheva]]ite - Hod within Gevurah | ||
+ | <br>22 Dedanite - Yesod within Gevurah | ||
+ | <br>23 Nimrodian (Akkadian) | ||
+ | <br>24 Copt | ||
+ | <br>25 Mitzraite-Ludite - Malchut within Gevurah | ||
+ | <br>26 Anamite - Chochmah within Tiferet | ||
+ | <br>27 Lehavite - Binah within Tiferet | ||
+ | <br>28 Naftuchite - Daat within Tiferet | ||
+ | <br>29 Pathrusite - Chesed within Tiferet | ||
+ | <br>30 Kasluchite | ||
+ | <br>31 Philistine - Gevurah within Tiferet | ||
+ | <br>32 Kaftorite - Tiferet within Tiferet | ||
+ | <br>33 Phoenician - Daat within Gevurah | ||
+ | <br>34 Sidonite - Netzach within Tiferet | ||
+ | <br>35 Arkite - Daat within Netzach | ||
+ | <br>36 Sinite - Chesed within Netzach | ||
+ | <br>37 Arvadite - Gevurah within Netzach | ||
+ | <br>38 Tzemarite - Tiferet within Netzach | ||
+ | <br>39 Chamathite - Netzach within Netzach | ||
+ | <br>40 Subarian Shemite - Hod within Yesod | ||
+ | <br>41 Elamite-Dravidian - Hod within Netzach | ||
+ | <br>42 Assyrian (KienGi Sumerian) - Yesod within Netzach | ||
+ | <br>43 Ludite - Malchut within Netzach | ||
+ | <br>44 Aramite (Urob) | ||
+ | <br>45 Utzite -Yasi (Uz) people. Once widespread all over western Asia hence the name of that continent. - Chochmah within Hod | ||
+ | <br>46 Chulite - Binah within Hod | ||
+ | <br>47 Getherite (Khazar) - Daat within Hod | ||
+ | <br>48 Mashite (Bashkir) - Chesed within Hod | ||
+ | <br>49 Arpakhshadian (Edessa) - Yesod within Yesod | ||
+ | <br>50 Qainanic nation | ||
+ | <br>51 Shelachian - Malchut within Yesod | ||
+ | <br>52 Hurrian-Habiru The Father of all the [[Children of Eber]] - Chochmah within Malchut | ||
+ | <br>53 Yoqtanite | ||
+ | <br>54 Almodadite - Gevurah within Hod | ||
+ | <br>55 Shelefite - Tiferet within Hod | ||
+ | <br>56 Chatzarmavethite - Netzach within Hod | ||
+ | <br>57 Yerachite - Hod within Hod | ||
+ | <br>58 Hadoramite - Yesod within Hod | ||
+ | <br>59 Uzalite - Malchut within Hod | ||
+ | <br>60 Diqlahite - Chochmah within Yesod | ||
+ | <br>61 Ovalite - Binah within Yesod | ||
+ | <br>62 Avimaelite - Daat within Yesod | ||
+ | <br>63 [[שבא|Sheva]]ite - Chesed within Yesod | ||
+ | <br>64 Ofirite - Gevurah within Yesod | ||
+ | <br>65 [[חוילה|Chavilah]]ite - Tiferet within Yesod | ||
+ | <br>66 Yovavite (ancestor fo China's Zhong dynasty) - Netzach within Yesod | ||
+ | <br>67 Bulg - Binah within Malchut | ||
+ | <br>68 Reu (Ket) - Daat within Malchut | ||
+ | <br>69 Serug (Turk) - Chesed within Malchut | ||
+ | <br>70 Naharain-Aramite (NB Many Israelites pretend {{Bibleverse||Deut|26<br>5|}}doesn't refer to Ben-Kemuel) - Gevurah/Tiferet within Malchut | ||
+ | <br>71 [[Hagarene]] - Hod within Malchut | ||
+ | <br>72 Israelite - Malchut within Malchut | ||
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1. [[Gomerite Nation]]<br> | 1. [[Gomerite Nation]]<br> |
Revision as of 21:26, 15 October 2007
- Main article Seventy nations
List of the mystical attributes of each of the seventy nations.
In Rebbe Nachman's "Master of Prayer", Rebbe Nachman speaks about the "seventy nations". He relates in the story that "It is written that there was a great hurricane in the world. This hurricane turned the whole world upside-down. Sea was transformed into dry land, and dry land into sea. Desolate areas became inhabited, while inhabited areas became desolate. It threw the whole world into confusion. After this period of panic and confusion, where all the world was disoriented, the people of the world decided to elect a king. They then delved into the question as to who would be most fit to be elected king. Upon deliberation, they finally said, 'We must focus on the goal of life. The person who strives the most toward this goal is the most fit to be king.' But then they had to determine the goal of life. Regarding this question, there were many factions."
In that story each faction chose a king and a land, and became a nation. The land also had influence. Some lands had an influence that was particularly conducive to one traite, while other lands were conducive to other traits. Each group found a land which was particularly good in this respect, and settled there. This list shows the kabbalistic attributes associated with each nation and land. It is not a definitive list, and there are other opinions.
Table of Nations
Arizal Counting | Traditional Counting[1] | Kabbalistic Counting |
01 Cimmerian (Cymru)
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1. Gomerite Nation |
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61 of these nations are identicle in each list making a conflict only in the identities of the remaining 9 (or 11 if one uses the Arizal count of 72 nations) from the total listed above of 80.
Glossary
- Chochmah means wisdom, insight
- Binah means comprehension, understanding
- Daat means factual knowledge
- Chesed means kindness, inclusiveness, merging
- Gevurah means strictness, limiting, definition, clarity
- Tiferet means beauty, balance, communication
- Netzach means victory, talent
- Hod means splendor, riches
- Yesod means foundation, formation, action
- Malchut means kingship, authority, final form
- shebe means "within"
Categorizing Modern Faiths
There have been many attempts to trace the traditional biblical nations in the Genesis 10-11 narrative to modern day ethnic groups. It is most likely that a credible lineage is no longer possible to achieve and that it may not be all that important. As we see in later Rabbinic literature the "seventy nations" are seen as the archetypes for distinct approaches to understanding, sometimes called "seventy paths" to G-d.
Any attempt to map the current world faiths into the framework of diversity encompassed by the above seventy attributes would be difficult and subjective. However such a mapping would allow a way to categorize modern faiths. It could be the beginning of a legal framework for analyzing the relationship of each modern faith to authentic Jewish tradition, and in this context we can perhaps begin to speak about its possible rectification.
It is obvious that the national faith of the Israelite Nation is Judaism, and Rabbinical literature has clearly stated that the Esavite Nation is associated with Christianity and the Ishmaelite Nation with Islam. Relying on definitions of these attributes from other sources in Jewish literature it can be seen that following top seven general categories appear:
- attribute shebe Chesed - Philosophical religions, Greeks & Hellenism. Religions which attempt to see the divine in everything.
- attribute shebe Gevurah - Ascetic religions. Religions which see physicality as an obstacle to the divine.
- attribute shebe Tiferet - Oratory religions. Religions which stress sermons, dogma and apologetics
- attribute shebe Netzach - Far Eastern religions. Religions stressing levels of perception and states of consciousness.
- attribute shebe Hod - Sacramental religions. Religions stress the use of sacraments and other objects for inspiration and imitation of the divine.
- attribute shebe Yesod - "Works" oriented religions. Religions stressing charity and other good works, for the pursuit of righteousness.
- attribute shebe Malchut - Formed religions. Each of the above, in a fully formed, articulated and demonstrated fashion.
If it is true that the seventy nations are related to the seventy souls that went to egypt, and the seventy "viewpoints" of the judges of the sanhedrin, it means that the seventy nations are a "rainbow" of religious viewpoints. This would imply that there might be a way to match people with the mode of faith most suited to them, such as the test provided on BeliefNet What Religion am I?
Reference
- ↑ Pesikta Zutresa; Torah Sheleimah 9:110