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To: SauronOfMordor
The Pharisees became dominant, and defined "Jewish" to mean Israelites who grant validity to the Talmud

Also there are Israelites who reject books later than five books of Moses, they are called Samaritans and there are two villages still surviving. They are the actual Israelites, the others are Judeans.

77 posted on 01/30/2006 7:02:38 PM PST by A. Pole (Wizard of Oz: "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.")
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To: A. Pole
they are called Samaritans and there are two villages still surviving. They are the actual Israelites, the others are Judeans.

The Samaritans are called Cutheans. They were brought into the area by Sennacherib after the Assyrians scattered the 10 Tribes of the Israelites. The Samaritans accepted the five books of the Torah and the book of Joshua as sacred, because the rebellious Israelites rejected the later biblical books that were written for the Davidian kings. The Samaritans never claimed to be Jews or Israelites.

82 posted on 01/30/2006 7:54:31 PM PST by Alouette (Please pray for Israel: Psalms of the Day: 10-17)
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