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From: "Todd A. Farmerie" <>
Subject: Re: POSSIBLE GATEWAY: FROM AFRICA TO EUROPE
Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2004 19:10:47 -0600
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Richard Smith wrote:
> Ford,
>
> As one of the "certain few others" who "can return to lurking, sniping and
> attempted character assassination," I have followed the discussion laid out
> in this thread. Amused that so many intelligent researchers with sound
> creditials and a solid record of good, productive work would exert so much
> effort discussing the possibility of the Ethopian connection with out first
> examining the question of whether Solomon existed, I did some searching. I
> can find no contemporary record that gives evidence that Solomon did exsist.

The reason is that the existence of Solomon is off topic to the
group. For the purpose of this discussion it is not important,
as the claimed descent is of no genealogical value, whether the
Solomon existed or not.

taf

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