The origin of the name Jew

By |2018-01-25T07:43:25-07:00January 25th, 2018|Thoughts|

In the beginning, the people later called Jews were called Hebrews in the Bible or Bnei Yisrael, which is translated as Children of Israel or Israelites. When the Israelites broke into two kingdoms after the death of King Solomon, the northern kingdom was called Israel, after the ancestor Jacob, who was also called Israel. The [...]