WHO ARE THE GERMANS - Churches of God Cyber Auxiliary

Who are the Germans?
For those writers the northern barbarians were divided into Celts in the north-west and Skyths, Scythians in
the north-east. lxiv
As we have seen, the Central European Celts were definitely the western push of the Scythians. However, the
Romans confused the issue, labelling the Germans as Gauls (Celts). Strabo wrote of this problem:
The Romans assigned to them the name 'Germani', as though they wished to indicate thereby that they were
'genuine' Galatae, for in the language of the Romans 'germani' means 'genuine'. lxiv
In a footnote, the editor writes:
So also Julius Caesar, Tacitus, Pliny and the ancient writers in general regarded the Germans as Celts (Gauls).
Dr. Richard Braungart has recently published a large work in two volumes in which he ably defends his thesis
that the Boii, Vindelici, Rhaeti, Norici, Taurisci, and other tribes. . .were originally not Celts, but Germans,
and, in all probability, the ancestors of all Germans.
In conclusion, one can only state that the descendants of the Germans may be found among the Celts — the western
branch of the Scythians.
HISTORY AND TRADITION ATTEST TO GERMAN ORIGINS
The famous Ripley, like so many historians, thinks that
We know nothing of the German tribes until about 100 B.C. Suddenly they loom up in the world; aggressive
foes of the Romans. lxiv
All they do seem to know is that the Germans have an eastern origin:
When Tacitus informs us that the first act of a German on rising was ablution, it will be conceded that his
habit was not acquired in the cold climate of Germany but must have been of Eastern origin; as were the loose
flowing robe, the long and braided hair, tied in a knot at the top of the head. lxiv (How similar to the Assyrian
hairstyle). lxiv
The name Ghar-men, whence the name German may be derived, is also of central Asiatic origin. lxiv This may also
be rendered "Gar-men", "Khar-people", "Kari" or "Cari." lxiv We had seen in the previous section where Smith in
his A Smaller Classical Dictionary states that the Germans "migrated into Europe from the Caucasus and the
countries around the Black and Caspian Seas." lxiv Scylax, writing in about 550 B.C., noted that "the coast of the
Black Sea. . . is called Assyria." lxiv Diodorus of Sicily, writing in the first century B.C. reveals just why the coasts
of the Black Sea were called Assyria:
Many conquered peoples were removed to other homes, and two of these became very great colonies: the one
was composed of Assyrians and was removed to the land between Paphlagonia and Pontus. . . lxiv
Paphlagonia and Pontus were provinces in Northern Asia Minor bordering on the Black Sea. Centuries later,
when the Celto-Scythian-Hun hordes were invading Europe, Jerome wrote this of them:
Savage tribes in countless numbers have over-run all parts of Gaul. The whole country between the Rhine
and the ocean, has been laid waste by hordes of Quadi, Vandals, Sarmatians, Alans, Gepids, Herules, Saxons,
Burgundians, Allemanni and — Alas! for the Commonweal! — even Pannonians. For 'Assur also is joined
with them'. The once noble city of Moguntiacum has been captured and destroyed. lxiv
In the following section he calls them "the barbarians." But, what is so interesting is that he likens these tribes
sweeping in from Panonia to the Assyrians! The likeness was too close to ignore. However, unbeknown to Jerome,
the Assyrians had colonies in Europe soon after the tower of Babel incident. They and others are called,
collectively, the "Battle-Axe" or "Corded People" in archaeology and history works. They came up from southern
Russia, finally settling in southern and central Germany (Ca. 2000-1900 B.C.) after the fall of the Akkadian
Empire. They are found on both sides of the Caucasus and Black Sea. lxiv
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