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The Jews (Hebrew: יְהוּדִים , ISO 259-2: Yehudim, Israeli pronunciation:) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group [14] and nation [15] originating from the Israelites of the historical kingdoms of Israel and Judah, [16] and whose traditional religion is Judaism.
Jewish communities also existed in southern Europe, Anatolia, Syria, and North Africa. Jewish pilgrims from the diaspora, undeterred by the rebellion, had actually come to Jerusalem for Passover prior to the arrival of the Roman army, and many became trapped in the city and died during the siege. [53]
Photographs made during the expedition are in the collections of several museums in Russia (Russian Museum of Ethnography [4] and Kunstkamera [94]), Israel (Israel Museum and Archive of the History of the Jewish People at Giv'at Ram, Jerusalem), the US, [4] and in private collections. [95] There is no full catalogue of the photographs. [4]
Mosaic depicting the twelve tribes and their Hebrew names, with symbolic images. *Asher: a tree *Dan: Scales of justice *Judah: Kinnor, cithara and crown, symbolising King David *Reuben: Mandrake (Genesis 30:14) *Joseph: Palm tree and sheaves of wheat, symbolizing his time in Egypt *Naphtali: gazelle (Genesis 49:21)
A ger toshav ("resident alien") is a Gentile (non-Jew) living in the Land of Israel who agrees to follow the Seven Laws of Noah. [21] The theological basis for the seven commandments of the Noahic Covenant is said to be derived interpretatively from demands addressed to Adam [22] and to Noah, [23] who are believed to be the progenitors of humankind in Judaism, and therefore to be regarded as ...
The Jewish tribes of the Hejaz are seen in Islam as having been the offspring of the Israelites/Hebrews. [1] Two of Muhammad's wives were Jewish: Safiyya bint Huyayy and Rayhanah bint Zayd, both of whom belonged to the Banu Nadir by birth, though Rayhanah's status as a wife is disputed.
In 2012, two important books appeared providing different overviews of results and approaching the subject from seemingly antithetical positions, while drawing on the same data sets: Harry Ostrer's A Genetic History of the Jewish People, and Nadia Abu El-Haj's The Genealogical Science: The Search for Jewish Origins and the Politics of Epistemology.
List of Jewish anarchists; List of Jewish chess players; List of Jewish economists; List of Jewish feminists; List of Jewish historians; List of Jewish mathematicians; List of Jewish scientists; List of Jewish United States Supreme Court justices; List of Jews in politics; List of Jews in sports; List of Jews in the performing arts. List of ...