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Hebrew people are also known as Israelites, because of the biblical tradition that they were descended from the patriarch Israel.
In later times, the Hebrew people of the Babylonian Exile were known as Jews. However, the population of the northern kingdom of Israel had already been assimilated into other Near Eastern cultures and had lost their ethnic identity as Hebrews or Israelites. Conversely, not all modern Jews are descended from the ancient Hebrews.
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∙ 6y ago"Israelites" refers to the people down to about 2600 years ago. "Jews" refers to the people from Second Temple times onward, because after the Assyrian conquest the remaining Israelites were (and are) mostly from the Israelite tribe of Judah.
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∙ 6y agoJews. "Israelites" refers to the people from the time of Jacob, since Jacob was given that name by God (Genesis ch.35), and it is considered a national title; one of honor. The name of "Israelites" applies until the Assyrian conquest (133 years before the destruction of the First Temple), some 2600 years ago.
"Jews" refers to the same people, from the end of First Temple times up to this day, because after the Assyrian conquest the Israelites who remained in the land were (and are) mostly from the Israelite tribe of Judah, and the land was then called Judea. But both of the above terms are occasionally interchanged.
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Who are the Torah people?
The people around whom the Torah focuses are the Jews, also known as Israelites.
Hebrews have been know as the what?
Hebrew people later became called Israelites, then Judaeans, then Jews. Today they are called Jews.
Why did the Hebrews become known as israelites?
Because they were the descendants of Yaakov (Jacob), who was also known as Israel.
What were the descendants of the Israelites known as?
They are known as Jews.
When the Assyrians conquered Israel and scattered the tribes these people became known as the?
The Ten Lost Tribes of the Israelites.
How did descendents of abarham come to be known as israelites?
because of the son of his son, Jacob also called Israel.
When the Assyrians conquered Israel and scattered the ten tribes these people became known as the?
The Ten Lost Tribes of the Israelites.
Who are the israelites of today?
The Jewish people are descendants of the Israelites.
What did moses give the israelites?
Moses brought the ten commandments to the Israelites, as he climbed down Mt. Sinai. Thus, he gave them knowledge of God's law.
What is the faith of the israelites known as?
Judaism. (However, it is also true that in ceremonial practice, Judaism has evolved and developed practices that would be strange to the original Israelites, nonetheless, the roots of those practices, which is the faith, or belief system, is the same.)
What was known to the israelites as the way?
Jesus Christ.
Who were the Israelites of the Bible and when were they saved?
The israelites were a Jewish race, of people, they were chosenby god at the time of Moses andas his very own chosen people and were saved .
