The Jew a Negro: Being a Study of the Jewish Ancestry from an Impartial Standpoint

by Arthur Talmage Abernethy

2022 Hardcover Reprint of 1910 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. "In 1910 the Dixie Publishing Company Published The Jew a Negro by Rev. Arthur T. Abernethy, a preacher, professor and rustic journalist. The author sought to demonstrate through "ethnology" and "Scriptural proofs" that 'the Jew of today, as well as his ancestors in other times, is the kinsman and descendant of the Negro.' Behind the book lay a century of transatlantic speculation on the racial status of the Jew." Leonard Rogoff, Is the Jew White?: The Racial Place of the Southern Jew. 1997.

Genres: History, Religion

112 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1910

About the author

1872-1956

Reviews

[Ted · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting, if outdated book pushing a Christian Identity-aligned conception of the world. Most valuable for its speculation about Israelite intermingling with Africans, though his contention that Cleopatra was a sistah is difficult to square with reality.

[Marlene Banks · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a short somewhat easy to read book. I say "somewhat easy" because Abernethy's phraseology is quite different than ours today. For me that was a slight stumbling block when it came to fully comprehending his POV and what facts he was underscoring. I read and reread this book for research purposes. That fact that it was necessary to reread it is the reason it got only three stars. It was an eye opening experience because it was published in 1910 with quite a few insights that are popularly presented today. Although Abernethy's work was not well edited and greatly needed to be reorganized, I was able to determine the important points he was making. Abernathy wrote what grated against popular mindsets of his time (and today). He tread where few if any scholars of his day would dare go. This book appears to be his effort of piecing together what little he knew at that time which was fascinating given the culture (southern) in which he lived (B. 1872-D. 1956). Although there were a few questionable things I was not in agreement with it is clear he was far advanced than most for his era, not having all the information we can access today. You have to keep the time in mind when reading this book. Even the way he spelled his name is different than we would spell it today. Arthur T. Abernethy was a noted PhD, a Theologian, biographer and poet.

[william braxton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Historical Read That Skims the Surface of an Interesting Subject

This is a short text with interesting information. One must consider the time period in which it was written and take in context the information. I like that the author clarified between what was fact and what was opinion. A ready should read other texts on the subject to support the information in the text. There have been discoveries since the time of it's writing that confirms or disproves some of it's data.

[David]

This book is stimulating and very biblically in-depth. The author is neither Black nor Jewish, but is a theologian. He takes the controversial position, especially for the time, that the biblical figures were in fact Black and that Blacks and Jews share ancestry. However, many of his racial attitudes are very dated. The book came out in 1910. Some of his suppositions are rather outlandish. Much of the book, especially the beginning, can be offensive to Black people. Also when discussing contemporary Jews and Blacks, it is based around broad generalizations of both groups.

[tiwana rivers · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not Impressed

This literature was most confusing. It was very hard to follow along his journey of reviewing other authors and there opinions, but there were some thought provoking points he made that were sound. However, for less than 100 pages and .99 cents, I won’t criticize so harshly.

[Stanley Hill · Rating 1 out of 5]

What is Truth?

It saddens me that liars can offer their versions of reality as gospel truth. The prejudice and myopic blunderings of this author demonstrates a world unsaved although pretending to be an unblemished sacrifice.

[George]

Contains material that may be considered outlandish, offensive, and disordered.

Review and comments withheld on this work.

[Brooklyn Sr · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thought this book would be a lot better. 3 stars is being generous

[Nathaniel Westermann · Rating 3 out of 5]

Passable. Some of his conclusions are borne out by semi-recent genealogical studies. Would recommend for those interested in the JQ and its sequelae.

[Marlene Banks · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a short somewhat easy to read book. I say "somewhat easy" because Abernathy's phraseology is quite different than ours today. For me that was a slight stumbling block when it came to fully comprehending his POV and what facts he was underscoring. I read and reread this book for research purposes. That fact that it was necessary to reread it is the reason it got only three stars. It was an eye opening experience because it was published in 1910 with quite a few insights that are popularly presented today. Although Abernathy's work was not well edited and greatly needed to be reorganized, I was able to determine the important points he was making. Abernathy wrote what grated against popular mindsets of his time. He tread where few if any scholars of his day would dare go. This book appears to be his effort of piecing together what he knew at that time which was fascinating given the culture (southern) in which he lived (B. 1872-D. 1956). He was far advanced for that era, not having all the information we can access today. He was a noted PhD, a Theologian, biographer and poet.