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To: Smittie
Wasn't that the first Israelite? I thought the Jews were only from the tribe of Judah.

The definition has been expanded (by whom and how I'm not sure) to include anyone of the Jewish faith.

17 posted on 07/15/2015 3:11:26 PM PDT by Aliska
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To: Aliska

‘Jew’ and ‘Jewish’ aren’t official terms. The technical term is ‘ben/bat yisrael’ (son/daughter of Israel).

The Bible relates that Mordechai of the Tribe of Benjamin was called ‘ish Yehudi’ (Jewish man), so the term apparently goes back to the Kingdom of Judah which included the Tribe of Levi and remnants of the other tribes.


19 posted on 07/15/2015 3:21:05 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Aliska

The definition has expanded, I guess we should say Hebrew for clarification purposes.


22 posted on 07/15/2015 3:22:54 PM PDT by Smittie (Just like an alien, I'm a stranger in a strange land)
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To: Aliska; Smittie

Isaac was a Hebrew. Israelites are descendents of Jacob, so Jacob’s first son Reuben was probably the first Israelite.

“Jew” used to just mean descendants of Judah, or people from the Kingdom of Judah, but since the remainder of the other 10 tribes mixed in with Judah, you can probably say the first Israelite was also the first “Jew” as we use the term today.


33 posted on 07/15/2015 3:49:00 PM PDT by Boogieman
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