NASRANI MESSIAH: the Epic Journey of Lost Tribes Israel on Malabar Coast in Bloomington, MN

In June 2013, the author's accidental encounter with a Jewish priest in Jerusalem took an extraordinary turn when the Nasranis, also known as St Thomas Christians in India, were identified as one of the Lost Tribes of Israel. This revelation aligned the Nasranis with other recognized Jewish tribes found in India, the Bene Israel and Bene Manasseh, though Nasrani's historical and cultural prominence far exceeds the latter groups.
The Nasrani Republic, a term coined by 18th-century German Carmelite friar and scholar Paulino Bartolomeo, describes a remarkable Christian 'deep state' that thrived within the caste-stratified kingdoms of Travancore and Kochi. This extraordinary political and religious entity quietly flourished, embodying a self-governed Christian administrative system unparalleled in the region's feudal hierarchy.
It is a groundbreaking journalistic investigation into the fate of the Lost Tribes of Israel as well, who were exiled to Assyria and Babylonia (modern-day Iraq, Turkey, and Iran) centuries before the Christian era. This study uniquely examines the ethnogenetic origins of the Nasrani community—a powerful and affluent Christian group in Kerala—and their millennia-old connection to these displaced tribes.
Through comprehensive research, I demonstrate that the Nasranis, whose very name was once a synonym for early Jewish converts to Christianity (as also referenced in the Quran), are descended from these translocated tribes. This work bridges history, genetics, and theology, offering fresh insights into the Nasranis' ties to the Babylonian region and their early affiliation with the Nestorian Church in Assyria, rather than with Vatican institutions.
Now numbering over six million and dispersed globally, the Nasranis trace their roots to a 250-kilometer radius around the ancient port of Muziris on the Malabar Coast. Their liturgy once employed a now-extinct foreign language called Syriac or Aramaic, their attire stood apart—most strikingly with native women traditionally walking bare-breasted—and their rituals, deemed 'forbidden Judaic practices' by Portuguese missionaries. For centuries, they maintained their societal prominence through endogamy and the claim of descent from Brahmin families converted by the apostle Thomas within decades of Jesus' crucifixion. Despite this, the Nasranis existed outside Kerala's rigid caste system, carving a space of influence that rivalled the Brahminical priestly class.
The Saint Thomas Christians of Malabar Coast adopted a name resonant in the Quran for Jewish converts to early Christianity, paralleling the appellation of Nasranis given to the Nestorians by their Muslim neighbors in Mesopotamia. Historically, the Nasrani community of Malabar maintained strong connections with Israelite exiles in the Assyrian region. While the Nestorian Christian community in the Assyrian mountains nearly faced extinction during the barbaric Assyrian genocide, known as the 'Sayfo', during World War I, the Nasrani community along the Malabar coast continues to thrive, with new generations migrating to the USA, Europe, and beyond.
Examining these communities reveals peculiarities in attire, ornaments, language of worship, culinary habits, marriage customs, and even concepts of timekeeping. Portuguese missionaries, perceiving the Nasranis as Nestorian heretics, sought to eradicate their generations-old Judaic customs through forceful measures. A late sixteenth-century diocesan synod convened by a Portuguese prelate prohibited Judaic calendar use and banned several other Judaic practices. Nasranis were branded as 'Sabbath-keeping Judaizers'.
This book stands as a bold journalistic endeavor by an author born within the Nasrani community, striving to prove the existence of the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel and unveil truths long veiled for centuries.
This work represents the first comprehensive examination of the Judaic characteristics of an ancient Christian sect that settled in Malabar and explores their historical connections with their genetic counterparts in Mesopotamia. It provides an in-depth investigation into the cultural, religious, historical, and genetic lineage of this distinctive community, drawing parallels with their Jewish counterparts. Moreover, it contributes to the ongoing scholarly discourse within Jewish academic circles regarding the search for the ten lost tribes of Israel.