It's my interest to always not ceasing the discovery of the past and present secrets of our homeland since this is the only way so that we can understand what is really the truth by knowing these we can discover the present and future digging, the past roots of everything can project us the brighter awakening of our people that we are... and we should... why what is happening now in our country. Is this a KARMA or CURSE why the present situations are going to what we are paying for not obeying and practicing of what the original soul of OPHIR.
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Philippine Disputed names:
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Philippine Disputed names:
Maniolas. According to Fr. Francisco Colin in 1663, a Jesuit
friar and an early historian of the Philippines, Maniolas was the name used by
Claudius Ptolemy to refer to the group of islands south of China. [24] [29] Colin
quoted Ptolemy's writings speaking about the Maniolas islands, which is
probably Manila. This theory was further supported by José Rizal and Pedro A.
Paterno. Rizal also said that the country was recorded to Ptolemy's maps when a
sailor named Hippalus told him the existence of "beautiful islands"
in southeastern Far East.[12][30] However, Trinidad Pardo de Tavera rejected
this notion on his 1910 book, Notas para una cartografia de Filipinas (Notes
for the Philippine Cartography).[31]
Ophir (Hebrew: אוֹפִיר)
is a region of islands mentioned in the Bible, most famous for its wealth.
Accounts mention that King Solomon received the riches of the region every
three years. At the emergence of the hydrography of Spanish colonies in Asia in
the early 17th century, Dominican Gregorio García wrote that Ophir was indeed
located in the Moluccas and the Philippines.[32] In 1609, Juan de Pineda wrote
a diverse collection of literature relating Biblical accounts of Solomon, Ophir
and the islands.[32] Former Prime Minister Pedro A. Paterno said in one of his
works on conjectural anthropology that Ophir is the Philippines because the
scented wood Solomon received from Ophir also exists in the Islands.[33] This
notion was however, later dismissed by modern historians as merely alluding and
comparing the Philippines' position to the Spanish economy with that of Ophir
to Solomon's kingdom—the sudden discovery and colonisation of the Islands
bringing wealth and prosperity to the realm.[34]
Tawalisi, was an ancient kingdom in Southeast Asia that was
reached by the explorer, Ibn Battuta. He reached the kingdom when he was
leaving Sumatra, and heading towards China. according to the historical
accounts of the explorer. He met Urduja, a legendary warrior princess from
Pangasinan. But according to William Henry Scott, Tawilisi and its
warrior-princess Urduja are fabulous, fairy-tale, fiction.[35]
Filipino, Jewish Roots
It was believed that in the ancient times one of the Semitic tribes
settled in the Philippine archipelago. During the assimilation period of The
Ten Lost Tribes, one of the tribe of the son of Israel reached
the island and settled there. Having travelled for decades evading persecution
from one place to another, they reached Kaifeng and Shanghai in southern China,
finally they ventured to niegbhouring islands where they reached the Philippines before
the Spaniards came. When the Spaniards discovered the Philippines
they were amazed of the circumcision practiced by the natives, these were
probably the remnants of the ten lost tribes. Thus, they still imposed the
power of inquisition in every new land they were colonized to ensure that no
other religion will be preached in their colony. The result of these
persecutions did by the ruling power in the old world was the fear for the lives
of Israel's remnant and the Marranos who in turn for centuries of persecution
became unfamiliar of the Jewish tradition.
For many centuries, the Crypto-Jews, Conversos, the
Marranos or the so-called New Christians had lived and
assimilated into the Christian world. After the expulsion of Jews and Moslems
from Spain in the 1600, these new Christians found refuge in the new colonies
under the kingdom of pre-dominantly Catholic Spain and Portugal. Only
to find out later that the power of the Inquisition still present in these new
found lands and the threats still there. Out of fear for their lives and the
lives of their children, these new Christians who secretly observed Judaism
finally abandoned their faith and even warned their children not to mention it
again. As the years pass by and thru intermarriages, they totally forgot their
ways and the traditions of Judaism. Today, their remnants, not knowing of their
heritage, many have become faithful Catholics, Protestants, and even Moslems and
only few of them finally discover their Jewish roots and fortunately return to
Judaism.
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