THE ORIGIN OF THE ADAMITES AND PRE-ADAMITES
Caucasians refer to themselves as “white people” nowadays, but in the distant past, they also referred to their complexion as ruddy “reddened” which alluded to the healthy reddish hue that could be seen beneath their translucent non-melanated skin. In the context of skin color, ruddy had always been a trait exclusive to describing white persons, which the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary affirmed in its definition. The biblical scholar Wilhelm Gesenius wrote, “The Arabs distinguish two races of men; one red, ruddy, which we call white, the other black.” The Arabs had considered themselves black (al-aswad) rather than red (al-ahmar) and were similar in pigmentation to the Jews. This context is important going forward. The biblical creation account tells us that the first man, Adam, was formed from the dust of the ground and given the breath of life. The Hebrew word ‘adam’ is derived from a root word that means “to show blood (in the face), i.e. flush or turn rosy:—be made red (rudd...