ⴷⵉⵔⵏⴰⵜⵉⵏⵓⵙ Dernatinus, the amazing Amazigh philosopher who met Jesus Christ
There is still much to discover about the incredible richness of Amazigh history. Before Tertullian, Cyprian and Augustine, there was an Amazigh philosopher who would have personally met Jesus. The implications of this discovery are both global and historic.
Dernatinus was born in the region of present-day Saida in Algeria, around the end of the first century BC and the beginning of the new era. That is to say, he was probably contemporary with Juba II and Jesus Christ.
Son of a poor pig farmer, he poured from a young age into the philosophy of his Berber/Amazigh ancestors of which he was proud, making him a remarkable thinker respected by all. To earn a living, he joined the army. But very quickly, he realizes the injustice she was committing to the detriment of the people. He revolts and decides to go to Greece to study philosophy and mathematics.
It would be good to recall that at the time of Juba II, there were intense intellectual exchanges between Athens and Caesarea (Cherchell) and the city of Volubilis in present-day Morocco, the king's secondary residence.
Along the way, he passes through Judea and stops at the city of Nazareth where he met Jesus. At least that's what he says in his book found in the 17th century by an Italian traveler named Michelangelo Sodernini in the south of what will become the United States. The latter then published a book entitled "La Storia Di Dernatinus Il Barbaro", republished by Editions Santa Luce, near Pisa in Italy.
In this book, Michelangelo Sodernini tells that “'Dernatinus' is a philosopher and a warlord from North Africa, from the south of the Roman region of Lucu. He was a soldier in the Roman army, but soon rebelled against them and became a servant of the Berber cause and of defending the land of Berberia. He was a philosopher since he was a young man. He went to Greece, he studied philosophy and mathematics”.
Meeting with Jesus
On the site “Canaanite researchers”, “the Canaanite researchers”, it is said that “Dernatinus traveled from Lucu (South of Saida) to the land of Canaan to meet Jesus there”. But can we give it any credit? How would Dernatinus have heard of Jesus, when the latter exercised his ministry only in Judea and Galilee practically? Could his reputation have been communicated by traders and travellers? Unless this meeting is only fortuitous, and that our philosopher only discovered the existence of Christ by passing through Galilee and decided to go and meet him? In any case, according to Michelangelo Sodernini, Dernatinus affirmed it in his book written in Latin.
If this meeting took place, it is of extreme importance. Because of this, Dernatinus would be the only writer, apart from the New Testament, who met Jesus and wrote about him. Because apart from the biblical texts, there is no material proof that Jesus really existed. This is also the case for the other prophets. Who else would have personally known Abraham, Moses, or David to write about them? Even the oldest writings on Mohammad date from two centuries after his death. Neither Bukhari nor Muslim knew him personally. On a scientific level, Dernatinus' assertion that he met Jesus in the flesh is of paramount importance. That is why, the Santa Luce Romana Group organized a major conference on the Berber philosopher in the 1980s and closely studied this encounter between Dernatinus and Jesus Christ. An international meeting was held in Naples, attended by experts from all over the world, with the exception of Algerians, who were the first concerned. Among those present at this conference was an Egyptian writer, Adam Zaki who translated Sodernini's book in 2006. "I translated this book as one of the best signs to confirm the temporal existence of Jesus -Christ”.
Return to Berberia/Tamazgha
Before his meeting with Jesus, Dernatinus was an atheist and openly criticized the religious of his time, whether they were Jews or pagans (Christianity did not yet exist). “He was known for his extreme hostility towards priests and clergy, as well as his hatred towards temples which he described as 'caves of demons'. But on his return from Greece and this encounter with Jesus, he returned to his region of birth, and people called him “the Prophet”. "He had become the spiritual father of all the inhabitants of the region where he lived, and people believed that he was a prophet of the Berber God "Yakouch". In his book, he claims that he brought Jesus Christ back with him. In his philosophical language, did that mean that he had it in him, in his
? heart and in his mind
One of the things that marked the life of this philosopher-prophet was the death of his friend and brother-in-law “Janayur”. Maybe Yennayer in Berber? The Roman soldiers had also murdered all his friends. “Then the philosopher turned into a fierce warrior,” says Sodernini. “I only defend this land because its people are oppressed by the invaders. I can do the same if I was in another country, because all the lands are my homeland,” said the Berber philosopher.
The Book of Dernatinus
Dernatinus spoke in his book (the exact title of which is unknown) about the ancient Berber civilization, which was over 7,000 years old, and how the Berbers contributed to science, philosophy, mathematics and astronomy, while being the first to mummify the dead and to build sanctuaries for the dead and human beings. They built the pyramids before the Egyptians by 2000 years, he said they invented writing before all civilizations, since writing was initially drawings of people or tools to express certain things, then a evolved into other forms, also mentioned many strange and mysterious names of civilizations unknown in history,
Dernatinus spoke of religious mythology and said that man was an animal-like creature that ate and drank, but the Lord in his kingdom sent more than 600 inhabited souls of these creatures who afterward became what is called humans.
Dernatinus' statements drew strong reactions in Egypt, despite the fact that they date back two thousand years. Because the Egyptians who consider themselves "The Mother of the World" took it badly that the Amazigh philosopher declared that it was the Berbers who built the first pyramids and invented the techniques of mummification, invented writing and more contributed to science and mathematics and astronomy than the Egyptians themselves.
trip to america
After fighting the Romans, Michelangelo Soderini said in his book that "Dernatinus traveled with his wife Masilia beyond the sea of 'the tomb of the sun (Atlantic)'. And it was in America that Sodernini found this book in the seventeenth century. Moreover, some sources affirm that it was Dernatinus who first gave his name to the New Continent, having called it Amur Ika (ⴰⵎⵓⵔ ⵉⴽⴰ), i.e. the country of Ika. Amour, Tamourt, Ika, region.
There is certainly still a lot to say about this philosopher. But the sources are rare. What happened to the manuscript discovered by Sodernini? It was not possible for us to find either the Italian book by Michelangelo Sodernini or a possible translation, despite research carried out at the Library of Congress in Washington, that of the British Museum in London, that of Paris, and those of Rome. Amazon doesn't even know it exists. It will therefore be necessary to persevere by taking other paths. As for the Arabic version, we haven't found any trace of it yet.
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