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I read a post on another forum that seems like it applies here: "Just because a cat has kittens in a stove don't make the kittens biscuits." Now that may not be the exact quote, but it close enough. My point is being in Israel don't necessarily make u Jewish or an Israeli. Just like everyone in America is not an American.
being Jewish is an ethnic heritage,isn't it? not necessarily pertaining to where one lives..certainly those exiled and not living in Israel,esp when it wasn't even a nation..were certainly Jewish.
Yes, a Jew is an Iraelite. As an Israelite is someone who is a descentant of Jacob/Israel. Jacob/Israel had twelve sons. Jews are descendants of these twelve sons. So that would make all Jews- Israelites.
Here is a link I found quite interesting..... Who is a Jew?
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The original name for the people we now call Jews was Hebrews. The word "Hebrew" (in Hebrew, "Ivri") is first used in the Torah to describe Abraham (Gen. 14:13). The word is apparently derived from the name Eber, one of Abraham's ancestors. Another tradition teaches that the word comes from the word "eyver," which means "the other side," referring to the fact that Abraham came from the other side of the Euphrates, or referring to the fact Abraham was separated from the other nations morally and spiritually.
Another name used for the people is Children of Israel or Israelites, which refers to the fact that the people are descendants of Jacob, who was also called Israel.
The word "Jew" (in Hebrew, "Yehudi") is derived from the name Judah, which was the name of one of Jacob's twelve sons. Judah was the ancestor of one of the tribes of Israel, which was named after him. Likewise, the word Judaism literally means "Judah-ism," that is, the religion of the Yehudim.
Is a Israelite, a Jew? Or a Jew, an Israelite? ALWAYS???
What saith you?
Jew is a religious faith and Iraelites is a nation group. There are false Jews which Jesus clearly pointed out.
Abraham was a Hebrew, the first Hebrew, Jacob was named Israel for a nation, Judah was the culmination along with Benjamin and Levi to be Jews therefore we have many Hebrew which some became Israelites, and then even less became Jews and then many along with Gentiles became Christians.
What about the people of Abrahams time, what of Ishmaels line(Muslims), what of Esaus line, what of the other nine tribes. This is why Jesus came to bring forth the promise to Abraham which many ignore.
Is that where the Judaic religion came from,,Judah?
So then what is the religion of the Hebrew or Israelite faith?
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