No, but literal interpretations can be faulty and should be cautioned against.
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Not entirely, Georgian Jews have Southwest Asian, Mediterranean and other alleles that makeup their ancestry. It isn't just measuring "Caucasus" ancestry. A better candidate for that would be Abkhazians, Georgians (Non-Jews) and Adygei. Georgian Jews cluster quite far away from other Georgians. If they're like the Jew Tats, then they probably origins in Iran or Iraq.
I think the Israelites did originate from the Assyrio-Mandean population. Mandeans who are Babylonians and Abraham was Babylonian. Also Assyrians were brothers to the Babylonians so I think the theory makes sense.
No the difference between you and I is that it's not always necessary to be a skeptic. Questioning everything is great, I am a questioner myself. But sometimes you just gotta take things as they are without further inspection becuase they are obviously already correct. Not to mention the fact that I actually have integrity and loyalty in friendships.