Why not get "genetic" to figure this out?
YDNA haplogroups?
What is the best candidate for the "lost tribes" of Israel?
R1b?
What percent of Jews are R1b?
Why so low?
Are true Israelites (patrilineal descent) subject to the curses of God (i.e. Deuteronomy 28, Leviticus 27) more than non-Israelites?
Would that have decimated their numbers among "Jews?"
Would convert/conqueror populations (i.e. Egyptians/Babylonians) have displaced their populations over time?
R1b = Israelite?
R1a = Edomite?
R2 = sons of Abraham (other than Isaac)?
Q = Moabites
T = Ammonites
E = Egyptians?
J = Babylonians?
Something like that?
Does it make sense now?
Sleeping giant?
Is Christian/Roman theology a sleeping pill?
Have you read the Torah?