The Myth of the Kohanim: A Genetic and Historical Examination

The belief in an unbroken Aaronic priesthood, perpetuated through the Kohanim lineage, has long been a central tenet of Jewish religious tradition. However, modern genetic studies have thoroughly undermined this notion, demonstrating that the so-called "Cohen gene" is an unreliable and pseudoscientific marker of Israelite ancestry. Among the most critic…