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That would be Abraham, since he was the patriarch of the Jewish nation. Abraham is called Jewish because he rejected idolatry (Talmud, Megillah 13a); since "Jew" has both a symbolic meaning (one of belief) which started with Abraham, as well as its narrow meaning (a simple direct name) which came later with Judah. Claiming that Judah's Israelite brothers were anything other than Jewish in belief and practice is disingenuous and misleading. Their personal names are of secondary importance. See also the attached Related Links.
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The first "Jew" was Jacob's son, JUdah. From Judah the Jews descended. Jew is merely a "shortening" of Judah's name.
Jacob's other eleven sons were NOT JEWS. Of all the twelve tribes of Israel... only "one-twelfth" of them were "Jews."
Nor was Abraham [Abram] a Jew. He was a Babylonian Gentile whom the Lord called out of the world and sanctified.
"Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, the wife of his son Abram, and together they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. But when they came to Haran, they settled there." (Gen.11:31)
Nor were Ishmael, Isaac, Esau, nor Jacob Jews.
Jesus' was a Jew. His lineage is traced through "Judah" [Matt.1:2], the world's first Jew.
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yes!
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Matthew is not in the Jewish Bible.
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No one knows, but in the Bible, it was probably Moses.
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AnswerPaul stated that he was a Jew.
Was the word Jew in the first bible?
Yes, however, as the Tanach was first written in Hebrew and Aramaic, it appears in the Hebrew form of 'Yehud'.
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Yes, Saint Peter was a Jew.According to the Bible, Saint Peter was a Jew.
Why was judah the first Jew?
Abraham was the first Jew. Judah's only contribution was that the word "Jew" comes from "Judah".
Who was the first Jew in the Bible and what did God ask of him?
The term 'Jew' comes from the 4th son of Israel, Judah, who God gave the 'Sceptre' promise to. Christians believe the promise was fulfilled by Jesus Christ.
What book in the Bible does the word Jew first appear?
The first time the word 'Jew' appears in the Bible is Esther chapter 2 verse 5:-Est 2:5 Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;(The term 'Jew' is a contraction of the word 'Judah").
What is another name for a Jew?
In Bible times they were called Israelites.
