DisclaimerThis is probably all completely wrong, but it's a possible interpretation of the Island's original inhabitants, as well as Jacob and the Smoke Monster.
History Lesson
Ancient Israel was attacked and destroyed a long, long time ago. The two tribes in the south, The Kingdom of Judah, where enslaved and became the Jews we read about in the Bible. The ten tribes in the north, the Kingdom of Israel, were exiled and scattered to the East. Today, they are known as the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel.There are all kinds of crazy theories about where these tribes ended up, from South Africa to India to China. My theory is that they wound up on the Island.
Evidence
1. The father of the Twelve Tribes was named Jacob.
2. One of his twelve sons was named Benjamin.
3. Ancient Israelite high priests wore chestplates called ephods that held black and white diving stones called Urim and Thummim.
4. The center of Israel was a Temple where a room called the Holy of Holies (or Tabernacle) was considered to be the dwelling-place of God.
5. When sacrificed to, summoned for protection, or angered, the "presence of the Lord" was made physically manifest as something called the Shekhinah.
Exodus 40:35 "And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle."
6. The Old Testament God was a warrior deity...
...as well as a punitive one.
Eko: "I ask for no forgiveness, Father, for I have not sinned. I have only done what I needed to do to survive." (Next scene, Smoke Monster kills Eko).7. We've seen that the Others live by some kind of ethical code:
"Ben has commuted Juliet's sentence. Execution is off the table. He says the rules don't apply. He has, however, ordered her to be marked."
8. They've alluded to being a "chosen" group of people:"What I meant to say is you are not capable of understanding. You are not on the list. The man who brought me here, who brought all my people here, he is a magnificent man..."
9. And they've displayed some kind of culture of their own.
Am I way off? Probably. I don't imagine many people would be happy with the Smoke Monster being Yahweh, but that's not even what I'm suggesting. I'm just suggesting that the Ten Lost Tribes mistook a cloud of ferromagnetic particles embodied by the electromagnetic consciousness of the Island for a deity like El, Baal, or Yahweh.Anyway, hopefully Charlotte will confirm or deny my theory when she sees this:
Also...JJ Abrams, Damon Lindelof, and Carlton Cuse are Jewish.
2 comments:
Carlton Cuse was raised CAtholic
Interesting theory, and you also can add the fact that, the first high priest was named Aaron.
But there's a problem with your's theory!
Ben is not Jacob son and...
It's true that God's presence was manifest as a column of smoke during day, but also as fire at night.
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