Despite our attempts at wiping out the "race" issue, DNA still separates us. In the book, Jon Entine will be discussing some of the things that define Jews as being...Jewish.
The author gives an interesting viewpoint when he combines the communion cup and the Christian claim of Abraham as an ancestor. Jesus said "This is the new covenant in my blood." From this point in history onward, this blood ritual means that "for followers of Jesus, the covenant would be grounded not in blood ancestry but in the symbolism of blood represented by faith."
Entine digs further into the topic of genetics in his chapter entitled "Eve and Adam". The atypical positioning of their names is not an attempt at calming feminists, but rather a reference to the DNA testing which dates Eve as being born some 13 years before Adam. In order to find a genetic commonality among Jews, Entine searches for DNA testing within the most regulated group of Jews in history (the priests), finding a signature mutation pattern.
On an unrelated note, I found out that the "V" symbol Spock uses in Star Trek, was invented on the spot by Leonard Nimoy as an imitation of the symbol that Cohanim (descendants of Aaron) make in front of the congregation in every Orthodox synagogue.
I'm only a third of the way through so far.
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