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A:If Thomas was born in Galilee around the beginning of the first century, he was probably descended from Galileans who were forcibly converted to Judaism under the Maccabeans in the second century BCE. He would not be a member of a tribe by descent but might have considered himself a member of the tribe of Judah.


It is less likely that Thomas was born in central Judea, but if so he would probably be descended from the tribe of Judah or Benjamin.

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