semitic nations descended from a common father, Abraham
They, among others, are descended from Noah's son Shem.
Arabs are semitic people who live in most of the countries of the Middle East. Hebrews were the ancestors of today's Jews.
King Herod's father was an Idumean and his mother was a Nabatean Arab. The Idumeans and Nabateans were both semitic races, so Herod was semitic. His physical appearance would have been similar to the Arabs or Sephardic Jews of today.
Jews are native to Western Asia. Modern Jews, however, do not acknowledge their heritage as Arabs and claim to be White.Jewish answer:The above anonymous answer contradicts itself, since Western Asia has as its native groups not only Arabs. We Jews are indeed natives of Western Asia, as DNA tests have shown; and we have never concealed or denied that fact. Jews and Arabs are related and are both Semitic, and neither group claims to have had its origin in Europe or as Caucasians.
A Semite is a member of the group of Caucasoid peoples who speak a Semitic language, including the Jews and Arabs.
The term "Semite" refers to a member of one of the ancient and modern Semitic-speaking peoples, which includes Arabs, Jews, and various other ethnic groups. The concept of Semites originated from biblical genealogy, but it has been used historically to describe people who speak Semitic languages or have cultural or ancestral ties to Semitic-speaking regions.
Tradition states that Arabs and Jews are both descended from Abraham. The Arabs are from Ishmael, and the Jews are from Isaac (through his son Jacob). Both Ishmael and Isaac were sons of Abraham (Genesis ch.21 and ch.25). Arabs as well as Jews have this tradition. See also:More about Abraham and Isaac
Antisemitism is the word commonly used to describe a person or persons who have a hatred of the Jewish people. It's an inaccurate term of course as many semitic peoples are not Jews or Hebrews. Arabs are a semitic people as one example.
Yes. Arabs are a Semitic people. However, the use of the term "Anti-Semite" refers exclusively to Jews. There is no term for someone who hates all Middle Easterners.
A:Herod the Great's father was an Idumean and his mother was a Nabatean. Both ethnic groups were Semitic, as were the Jews and Arabs. The Nabateans were considered to be an Arab tribe before they forged their own nation.
The Vatican acknowledges that Mary and Jesus were Semitic. People of semitic racial origin (Sephardic Jews and Arabs) are not black, although much darker than most Europeans.