The Falashas claim descent from the
child of King Solomon and the Queen of
Sheba, Menilek I.
The queen returned to Sheba (which was
part of the Ethiopian empire) with Menelik
I. Later, Menelik was sent to his father in
Jerusalem to be educated (where he
accepted the name David). The Jews
who returned to Ethiopia with Menelik I
are claimed to be the ancestors of the
Falashas (the Ethiopian emperor, Haile
Selassie was also believed to be a
descendant of Solomon and the Queen
of Sheba).
This also describes the origins of
Christianity and Islam, which are the
"offspring" of Judaism (daughters of
Judaism).” – Windsor, Rudolph
David Goldenberg in his book: The
Curse of Ham: Race and Slavery in Early
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (2003)
analyzed the sixteenth century the rise of
racial slave trading in the Atlantic world.