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Hebrews , Hebrews
Term that is found chiefly in the Biblical traditions concerning the 2d millennium b.c., and then, apparently after centuries of desuetude, r… Encyclopedia.com. , JEW
JEW (Heb. יְהוּדִי, Yehudi).
Semantics
The word "Jew" passed into the English language from the Greek (Ioudaios) by way of the Latin (Judaeus), a… Strasbourg , STRASBOURG (Ger. Strassburg ), capital of the department of Bas-Rhin, Alsace, E. France. The earliest conclusive evidence on the presence of Jews in… Hebrew Language , Major official language of the State of Israel.
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Orientation
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