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Israelites
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Noun1.Israelites - the ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (especially from Isaac's son Jacob)Israelites - the ethnic group claiming descent from Abraham and Isaac (especially from Isaac's son Jacob); the nation whom God chose to receive his revelation and with whom God chose to make a covenant (Exodus 19)
Hebrews
Old Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible
ethnic group, ethnos - people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture
chosen people - any people believing themselves to be chosen by God
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The papal dispensation was given because of services provided by their descendants to the Roman Catholic Church and because the Ha-Levi were believed to be descendants of the same Hebrew tribe as the Virgin Mary, Esquibel said.
TRACING ONATE'S JEWISH ROOTS by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
The wall dates to the 17th century BC, when Jerusalem was a small, fortified enclave controlled by the Canaanites, one of the peoples the Bible says lived in the region before the Hebrew tribes were able to impose their hegemony.
Archaeologists in Jerusalem uncover section of Canaanite wall by The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)
For Jews, the Exodus relates the flight of enslaved Hebrew tribes from bondage in Egypt to the Promised Land of Palestine.
Eric J. Sundquist. Strangers in the Land." Blacks, Jews, ... by Margolies, Edward / African American Review
 
 
 
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