Israelite

Israelite

An adherent of nascent Judaism during the period of the settlement and united monarchy (c.1200–922 BCE). A citizen of the northern kingdom of Israel after it split off from the southern kingdom of Judah (922 BCE). Thereafter a metaphorical term for Jews (see also Hebrew, Israeli, Jew). 


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