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Perhaps I Am Surrounded By Fierce Weasels (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} alpheratz) wrote,@ 2004-04-07 12:37:00 |
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So I thought I'd do this here, like in my livejournal.
This is from Wikipedia.
The word "Jew" is a tribal name which predates recorded history. There are competing views as to the name's origin. The most common view is that the Middle English word Jew is from the Old French qiu, earlier juieu, from the Latin iudeus from the Greek corresponding to the Hebrew y'hudi, ultimately from Judah, an ancient Hebrew patriarch, the fourth son of the patriarch Jacob according to Genesis, and the tribe descended from him. The Old English equivalent was Iudeas.
Genesis chapter 29 verse 35 says that Judah's mother, the matriarch Leah, named him Judah because she wanted to praise God for giving birth to so many sons: "She said, 'This time let me praise (odeh) God,' and named the child Judah (Yehudah)." In Hebrew , the name "Judah" contains the four-letter Tetragrammaton , the special holy ineffable name of God according to Judaism.
An alternative and much less common view is that Jew is from Jewry from the greek evrei meaning "Hebrew," which some speculate comes from the ancient Egyptian 'hiberu,' which meant "stranger." Under the latter view, Abraham, Israel and other patriarchs are regarded as Jews while under the former only the descendants (ethnically or physically) of the Judaeans would be Jews, strictly speaking.
In one place in the Talmud, the word Israelite refers to somebody who is Jewish but does not necessarily practice Judaism as a religion: "An Israelite even though he has sinned is still an Israelite." In this usage, the distinction is not made between "Jew" and "Israelite" and they are both called Jew. In modern English, this terminology is not used; one can refer to "religious Jews" or "secular Jews."
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This is from Wikipedia.
The word "Jew" is a tribal name which predates recorded history. There are competing views as to the name's origin. The most common view is that the Middle English word Jew is from the Old French qiu, earlier juieu, from the Latin iudeus from the Greek corresponding to the Hebrew y'hudi, ultimately from Judah, an ancient Hebrew patriarch, the fourth son of the patriarch Jacob according to Genesis, and the tribe descended from him. The Old English equivalent was Iudeas.
Genesis chapter 29 verse 35 says that Judah's mother, the matriarch Leah, named him Judah because she wanted to praise God for giving birth to so many sons: "She said, 'This time let me praise (odeh) God,' and named the child Judah (Yehudah)." In Hebrew , the name "Judah" contains the four-letter Tetragrammaton , the special holy ineffable name of God according to Judaism.
An alternative and much less common view is that Jew is from Jewry from the greek evrei meaning "Hebrew," which some speculate comes from the ancient Egyptian 'hiberu,' which meant "stranger." Under the latter view, Abraham, Israel and other patriarchs are regarded as Jews while under the former only the descendants (ethnically or physically) of the Judaeans would be Jews, strictly speaking.
In one place in the Talmud, the word Israelite refers to somebody who is Jewish but does not necessarily practice Judaism as a religion: "An Israelite even though he has sinned is still an Israelite." In this usage, the distinction is not made between "Jew" and "Israelite" and they are both called Jew. In modern English, this terminology is not used; one can refer to "religious Jews" or "secular Jews."
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