[LostTribe]

The word "Jew" derives from the Kingdom of Judah, not from Judah himself. The earliest possible use of the word "Jew" came with the split of the Kingdom of Israel and Kingdom of Judah about 922BC. That is long after Judah is dead, and after the time of David and Solomon as well.

But other scholars insist the word "Jew" was never used until applied to those returning from the Babylonian captivity, ~500 BC. Anything beyond this is revisionist history.

[rmlew]

The word "Jew" derives from the Kingdom of Judah, not from Judah himself. The earliest possible use of the word "Jew" came with the split of the Kingdom of Israel and Kingdom of Judah about 922BC. That is long after Judah is dead, and after the time of David and Solomon as well.

Check the bible. there were members of 12 tribes and Israelites were refered to by their tribe. The kingdom of Judah got its name from the largest tribe in it, Judah. Similarly the Northern kindom was dominated by Ephraim.

But other scholars insist the word "Jew" was never used until applied to those returning from the Babylonian captivity, ~500 BC. Anything beyond this is revisionist history.

The same schoars who think Celts are Ephraimites? Talk about Revisionist history!