From the Jewish Almanac, 1980:
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TERMS FOR "JEW" "Strictly speaking, it is incorrect to call an ancient Israelite a "Jew" or to call a contemporary Jew an "Israelite" or a "Hebrew."
https://time.graphics/event/6334005
Herod the Great was an Edomite, and the Edomites are SOME of the ancestors to modern day Jews.
After Babylon removed the Jews from the land
The Babylonians removed the JUDAHITES (Israelites) from the Kingdom of Judah.
Later, when they returned, it was no longer that kingdom, and would eventually become the Roman province of Judea, and was indeed populated with Edomites, along with some original Judahites (Israelites -- not "jews"), and others.
Similar to how Texas today has illegal alien Mexicans, not only Texans and other Americans.
If you were a resident of the Roman province of Judea, you were a Judean in the same way that residents of Texas are Texans.
But that does not mean all Judeans were of the tribe of Israel.
Jews were the adversaries of the Israelites, not the Israelites themselves.
In Hebrew, "Satan" means adversary, not the little red guy with the horns and pitchfork.
From the Jewish Almanac, 1980:
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TERMS FOR "JEW" "Strictly speaking, it is incorrect to call an ancient Israelite a "Jew" or to call a contemporary Jew an "Israelite" or a "Hebrew."
https://time.graphics/event/6334005
Herod the Great was an Edomite, and the Edomites are SOME of the ancestors to modern day Jews.
After Babylon removed the Jews from the land
The Babylonians removed the JUDAHITES (Israelites) from the Kingdom of Judah.
Later, when they returned, it was no longer that kingdom, and would eventually become the Roman province of Judea, and was indeed populated with Edomites, original Judahites (Israelites -- not "jews"), and others.
Similar to how Texas today has illegal alien Mexicans, not only Texans and other Americans.
If you were a resident of the Roman province of Judea, you were a Judean in the same way that residents of Texas are Texans.
But that does not mean all Judeans were of the tribe of Israel.
Jews were the adversaries of the Israelites, not the Israelites themselves.
In Hebrew, "Satan" means adversary, not the little red guy with the horns and pitchfork.
From the Jewish Almanac, 1980:
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TERMS FOR "JEW" "Strictly speaking, it is incorrect to call an ancient Israelite a "Jew" or to call a contemporary Jew an "Israelite" or a "Hebrew."
https://time.graphics/event/6334005
Herod the Great was an Edomite, and the Edomites are SOME of the ancestors to modern day Jews.
After Babylon removed the Jews from the land
The Babylonians removed the JUDAITES (Israelites) from the Kingdom of Judah.
Later, when they returned, it was no longer that kingdom, and would eventually become the Roman province of Judea, and was indeed populated with Edomites, original Judaites (Israelites -- not "jews"), and others.
Similar to how Texas today has illegal alien Mexicans, not only Texans and other Americans.
If you were a resident of the Roman province of Judea, you were a Judean in the same way that residents of Texas are Texans.
But that does not mean all Judeans were of the tribe of Israel.
Jews were the adversaries of the Israelites, not the Israelites themselves.
In Hebrew, "Satan" means adversary, not the little red guy with the horns and pitchfork.
From the Jewish Almanac, 1980:
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TERMS FOR "JEW" "Strictly speaking, it is incorrect to call an ancient Israelite a "Jew" or to call a contemporary Jew an "Israelite" or a "Hebrew."
https://time.graphics/event/6334005
Herod the Great was an Edomite, and the Edomites are SOME of the ancestors to modern day Jews.
After Babylon removed the Jews from the land
The Babylonians removed the JUDAITES (Israelites) from the Kingdom of Judah.
Later, when they returned, it was no longer that kingdom. It had become the Roman province of Judea, and was indeed populated with Edomites, original Judaites (Israelites -- not "jews"), and others.
Similar to how Texas today has illegal alien Mexicans, not only Texans and other Americans.
If you were a resident of the Roman province of Judea, you were a Judean in the same way that residents of Texas are Texans.
But that does not mean all Judeans were of the tribe of Israel.
Jews were the adversaries of the Israelites, not the Israelites themselves.
In Hebrew, "Satan" means adversary, not the little red guy with the horns and pitchfork.