There has been emergence of schools of thought as to the very origin of the Igbo ethnicity. History has well been reshaped with researches and findings necessary to unraveling this myth of one of the greatest tribes of the entire human race.

While a school of thought postulated we hailed from “somewhere near the confluence point of rivers Niger and Benue in Kogi state,” some others, seemingly from a different background say Ndi-Igbo never migrated from anywhere but have been the original inhabitants of the geographic area known as Igboland.

Nevertheless, there, yet, appears another school of thought of which we shall afford some space here to deliberate.

Another fairly popular school of thought with regards to Igbo origins is grounded on the theory of Hebrew or Middle Eastern origin. According to this theory, the Igbo are the descendants of a lost subgroup of the Israelite nation that migrated out of Egypt and was dispersed throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Interestingly, Eri, one of the biblical sons of Gad and grandsons of Jacob, who is said to have led this exodus from Egypt, bears the same name as a mythical man, Eri, who is believed to have arrived in the northern Igbo area during the late centuries of the first millennium A.D. Eri’s descendants are believed to have founded numerous communities such as Aguleri, Agukwu-Nri, and Enugu Ukwu.

First proposed in the 19th century by former African slave Olaudah Equiano, who said that the word ‘Ibo’ or ‘Heboe’ was a corruption of ‘Hebrew’, this supposition became popular in the colonial era as numerous Western anthropologists and clergymen attempted to link the mannerisms of Igbo groups with those they deemed definitive of Jewish populations. And so, eight day circumcision, similar religious practices, a distinguished business acumen, and phonetic language similarities, all became traits which, in their eyes, essentially qualified the Igbo as Hebrew.

As popular as this theory was and still is, it faced equally powerful opposition especially from indigenous historians and anthropologists, who considered it an attempt to use mere coincidences to establish a non-existent link between the Igbo and the Middle East. Worthy of mention is that prior to Western intrusion, the Igbo possessed no knowledge of the existence of Judeo-Christian traditions nor of the Jewish people themselves. Secondly, this Jewish origin theory completely disregards the heterogeneity of the Igbo and fails to consider the numerous, divergent origin creeds of various individual groups and explicitly claims that the entire Igbo nation spawned from the progeny of one man.


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Bia op no let ipod catch u

Op, hope you are not high on Isi Ala Ngwa weed.

The Israelites that missed their way from Egypt and landed in Aguleri were speaking Igbo instead of Hebrew language abi as they landed in Aguleri their tongues changed from Hebrew to Igbo language.


Don't lemme tie you with my moniker.

There is a known festival in some parts of Igbo land, Enugu to be precise where a certain ritual similar to the Passover is observed. The feast is called OWA ESA and follow same pattern as the Jewish Passover. Is this just a coincidence or what?

Mind you the said tradition predates many generations.

ogologoamu:
Op, hope you are not high on Isi Ala Ngwa weed.

The Israelites that missed their way from Egypt and landed in Aguleri were speaking Igbo instead of Hebrew language abi as they landed in Aguleri their tongues changed from Hebrew to Igbo language.


Don't lemme tie you with my moniker.

Lol...Bia enyia...isi na afor gi bu gini? Ogologo Amu? Kai...

But hei, that's not my thought..I just reported what others think about our history. That is why I said it will shock you

it was not recorded any were in the Bible that some of the children of Israel miss their way. by the way we are all children of Abraham, you hear.

ogologoamu:
[s]Op, hope you are not high on Isi Ala Ngwa weed.

The Israelites that missed their way from Egypt and landed in Aguleri were speaking Igbo instead of Hebrew language abi as they landed in Aguleri their tongues changed from Hebrew to Igbo language.


Don't lemme tie you with my moniker[/s].

Afonja...interfering in a subject that is not his business out of envy of Igbos.

pls all this tribal insult or game play on NL should stop. Think Big Work Hard Be honest Be Patriotic Be D you u want to see in others

kingsouthie:
Bia op no let ipod catch u

Don't about that...just talk about the article

ogologoamu:
Op, hope you are not high on Isi Ala Ngwa weed.

The Israelites that missed their way from Egypt and landed in Aguleri were speaking Igbo instead of Hebrew language abi as they landed in Aguleri their tongues changed from Hebrew to Igbo language.


Don't lemme tie you with my moniker.

The 'bolded' is a rib-cracker...lol as I type this.

Youngadvocate:


Don't about that...just talk about the article

Theres nothing new to talk about,genetic studies showed no significant relationship btn igbos and the jews and infact the fulanis have more genetic relationship to jews than igbos do but....heeey ipads love delusions so let them be

Igbo Zionist movement supreme Igbo dynasty

I have always maintained that we should wait for the test to come out so that the result can settle every argument. it is possible that eri migrated to Igbo land and inter married and mixed with the indigenous population

ogologoamu:
Op, hope you are not high on Isi Ala Ngwa weed.

The Israelites that missed their way from Egypt and landed in Aguleri were speaking Igbo instead of Hebrew language abi as they landed in Aguleri their tongues changed from Hebrew to Igbo language.


Don't lemme tie you with my moniker.

Ngwa get weed?

pacino26:
There is a known festival in some parts of Igbo land, Enugu to be precise where a certain ritual similar to the Passover is observed. The feast is called OWA ESA and follow same pattern as the Jewish Passover. Is this just a coincidence or what?

Mind you the said tradition predates many generations.

Nwachinke!!

ogologoamu:
Op, hope you are not high on Isi Ala Ngwa weed.

The Israelites that missed their way from Egypt and landed in Aguleri were speaking Igbo instead of Hebrew language abi as they landed in Aguleri their tongues changed from Hebrew to Igbo language.


Don't lemme tie you with my moniker.

lol hilarious moniker.

if the origin of the igbo people interests you, google prof catherine acholonu............ buy and read
1 the lost testament of the ancestors of adam
2 the grave of sargon the great
3 they lived before adam
4 before the covenants
5 the gram code of the african adam
6 into the heart of biafra

google OGAM and try to find its link with the igbo language
you can google OGAM separately and then google OGAM together with PROF CATHERINE ACHOLONU
finally google and read up on IGBONOMICS a branch of study that studies IGBO as a culture, language and people!

what you will discover will blow your mind!