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Strictly speaking, the Israelites never became known as Jews. The kingdom of Israel was destroyed in 722 BCE and its people dispersed thoughout the Near East.
The people of the small southern enclave of Judah, known today as Judahites, became known as Jews during the Babylonian Exile in the sixth century BCE.
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∙ 14y agoBiblical tradition holds that the Israelites became a people from the time that Jacob, later names Israel, had children, who were the ancestors of all the Israelites.
Archaeologists say that the Israelites were clearly a West Semitic people, closely related to the Canaanites on the Palestinian coast. They say there is no evidence of a significant increase in the population of the Palestinian hinterland until around 1250 BCE, and that is when they first became a people, separate from their Canaanite cousins.
Israel is first mentioned in a single Egyptian document dating from 1208 BCE, where they seem to have been dismissed as an inconsequential, rural people.
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∙ 12y agoThe name Israelites started after Jacob was renamed Israel in the book of Genesis.
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What were the descendants of the Israelites known as?
They are known as Jews.
Hebrews have been know as the what?
Hebrew people later became called Israelites, then Judaeans, then Jews. Today they are called Jews.
Did the Israelites become the Jewish race?
Yes. The Israelites are the ancestors of the Jews. Whether or not the Jews are a race or not is a much more involved and controversial question. Please see the Related Questions below.
Who are the Torah people?
The people around whom the Torah focuses are the Jews, also known as Israelites.
What are the Ashkenazi Jews known for?
The Ashkenazi Jews are most known for their origins from the original Israelites in Biblical citimes. Many of these people eventually migrated to Eastern Europe and Russia (i.e. Poland, Hungary, Lithuania).
What were the names for the ancient Jewish people?
Israelites (Yisraelim in Biblical Hebrew), Hebrews (a term first used probably by Ancient Egyptians) and Bnei Yisrael ("Children of Israel") are all terms used for Jews before the Common Era.
Who was the first Jew and how could a Gentile become a Jew at that time?
The first Jews were the Israelites who accepted the Torah from HaShem in the Sinai. When the Israelites escaped from Egypt, there were other groups that joined them in the exodus, these people joined the Jewish Nation. As for how non-Jews became Jews in ancient times, the story of Ruth is the basis for modern conversion to Judaism.
What were the Israelite's?
The Israelites were what is now called Jewish. See also:Are Hebrews Israelites and Jews the same peopleWere the Israelites monotheistic
What was first Hebrews or Jews?
They were first called the Hebrews, then Israelites, then Judaeans, then Jews.
Who were the Gentiles in the book of Matthew?
the Jews No, they were NOT the Jews. They were the heathen, the pagan, the non-Israelites.
What is another word for the Israelites?
The Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were Hebrews. Jacob took or was given the name Israel, and his descendants were known as the Children of Israel or Israelites (they were still Hebrews, of course). One of the tribes of the Israelites, descended from Judah, was known as the Judaites. The Judaite kingdom was the last surviving Israelite kingdom, and the survivors of the destruction of that kingdom came to be known as Jews, who still call themselves Israelites and Children of Israel, and who are still Hebrews.
What has the slaughter of the Jews by hitler become known as?
It is often referred to as the Holocaust.
