Ta'amreh (in Arabic: التعامرة) is a large Bedouin tribe that settled in the Palestine region/Land of Israel, in the Negev area,[dubious ] and around Jerusalem.[dubious ] Today, most of the tribe's members live in the Palestinian Authority territories south and east of Bethlehem, and in the Kingdom of Jordan. Members of the tribe have established several permanent settlements in the Bethlehem area, the so-called 'Arab et-Ta'amreh village cluster (Za'atara, Beit Ta'mir, Hindaza, Tuqu' with Khirbet al-Deir, Nuaman, Ubeidiya, Al-Masara and al-Asakra).
History edit
The tribe participated in the so-called "Peasants' Revolt" of 1839.
Jewish origins edit
Some of the tribe members were interviewed for a Channel 1 programme by Tzvi Misinai, a former high-tech professional who researches the Jewish ancestry of some Palestinians, and they claimed Jewish roots. Tzvi Misinai also included the story of the Ta'amreh tribe in "The Engagement Book."[1] According to his study, the Ta'amra tribe was originally a tribe of permanent residents.[1] The first to leave, did so with their flocks due to a lack of grazing land in the area. Thus, the Ta'amreh people became nomadic, in search of grazing grounds. Misinai notes that in the cemetery of the Ta'amreh tribe near the ruins of Ta'amreh, there are two old gravestones at the highest point with Star of David engravings, which are partially damaged. According to him, these were tampered with by the locals to hide their Jewish ancestry after being forced to convert to Islam.[2][1]
Ben-Zvi study (1930s); Dead Sea Scrolls (1940s) edit
In the 1930s, Yitzhak Ben-Zvi wrote that the tribe consisted of about 4,000 people.[3]
Members of the Ta'amra tribe were involved in the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Qumran caves and the Murabba'at caves in the Judaean Desert.[4]
See also edit
- Bedul, a Bedouin tribe in Petra with Jewish origin traditions
- Daroma, ancient South Hebron Hills district with Jewish population even after anti-Roman revolts
- Makhamra family of the southern Hebron Hills, also with Jewish origins traditions
- Palestinian Bedouin
References edit
- ^ a b c Misinai, Tzvi. ההתחברות - בעיית ארץ ישראל שורשיה ופתרונה (PDF).
- ^ סימנים יהודיים אצל פלשתינאים, retrieved 2024-03-04
- ^ Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, The Writings of Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, The Population of Eretz Yisrael, Tel Aviv: Mitzpe Publishing House, 1937, p. 174.
- ^ حاج طاهر, زكية (2018). "مخطوطات البحر الميت:, مقاربة جديدة للنقد التوراتي" [The Dead Sea Scrolls: A New Approach to Biblical Criticism]. مجلة دفاتر البحوث العلمية [(Journal of) Scientific Research Notebooks]. Tipaza, Algeria: Abdellah Morsli University Center: 151. doi:10.37218/1426-000-012-009.
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