When did the Jews come into existence?

Answer 1

A:Jews are notionally descendants ofthe tribe of Judah, which is traditionally believed to have formed from the descendants of Judah, who lived around 1800 BCE.

It is historically true that the first Jews were of the tribe of Judah. However, modern historians say that they, and the other Hebrew tribes who inhabited the Canaanite hinterland from about 1250 onwards, were really Canaanites who left the region of the rich coastal cities and settled in the hitherto sparsely populated hinterland. The evidence suggests that the tribe of Judah formed relatively late compared to the northern Israelite tribes, perhaps around 1100 BCE or even later.