Guest Shilo Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 How did the Jews get to be called Jews when they were called the Israelites? Where did the Jewish name come from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllforJesustheLord Posted June 17, 2004 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 16 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 557 Content Per Day: 0.08 Reputation: 10 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/07/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 09/21/1976 Share Posted June 17, 2004 YeHuDaH, Judah, Jews is slang for Judah, the tribe of Judah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adstar Posted June 17, 2004 Group: Royal Member Followers: 12 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 3,399 Content Per Day: 0.43 Reputation: 1,307 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/01/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted June 17, 2004 I think it cam from the split between isreal and judeah. Jews are people of the land judeah. I don't think judeah is the correct spelling please correct me if you wish? All Praise The Ancient of Days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shilo Posted June 17, 2004 Share Posted June 17, 2004 Thank you I was wondering how and I just could not put my finger on it....course it makes sense..... ' :hug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Timer Posted June 17, 2004 Group: Soapbox - Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 68 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 962 Content Per Day: 0.13 Reputation: 52 Days Won: 1 Joined: 05/18/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/11/1932 Share Posted June 17, 2004 Allforjesus is correct. A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Ernie Posted June 17, 2004 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 75 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2,802 Content Per Day: 0.35 Reputation: 46 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/29/2002 Status: Offline Birthday: 06/01/1945 Share Posted June 17, 2004 Greetings All, It is the New Testament that gives us the best understanding of the meaning of the word "Jew". Let's look at: Romans 11:26-27 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: 27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. compare: Daniel 9:7 O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. Daniel 9:11 Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him. Daniel 9:20 And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God; Daniel 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Jacob and Israel are used synonymously in the NT, and the word "Jews" refer consistently to those "of Israel". But a "true Jew" (a natural Jew) is not only "born of the line of Jacob", but also has the "heart" of their grandfather Abraham - a Hebrew, which was a "gentile". Romans 2:28-29 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. Romans 4:9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. Romans 4:12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised. Romans 4:13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. Romans 4:16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, Galatians 3:7-9 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. 8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. 9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. Galatians 3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. Blessings, Dad Ernie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted June 17, 2004 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.94 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted June 17, 2004 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest yod Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 The answer to your question depends on who is asking....and who is using the term. In the New Testament, the word "Jew" is used to refer to anyone of the lineage of Abraham who was also a son of Isaac and Jacob (Israel) or any stranger who had converted by circumcision or marriage (in the case of women) Although the nation was called Israel in the time of the Romans, all that was left was the southern kingdom (which was previously known as Judah) after the Assyrians conquored the nothern kingdom (Israel) around 700 BC The word "jew" is short for "judeans" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted June 18, 2004 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.94 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted June 18, 2004 Just to add for clarity, the Southern Kingdom consisted of the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and some of the Levites. The Northern Kingdom consisted of the other tribes + the rest of the Levites. When they were conquored by Assyria and taken into captivity, as I understand it, they never returned - correct? - and thus are now known as "the 10 missing tribes." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest yod Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 While it is true that the 10 tribes of the north disappeared, there certainly must have been some of the members of those tribes who chose to live in the southern kingdom, ya know? So there were probably "some" of all 12 tribes living in Judea though most would have been Levi, Judah, and Benjamin. Very small distinction but it seemed worth mentioning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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