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Mosaic of the 12 Tribes of Israel. From a synagogue wall in Jerusalem.

A reconstructed Israelite house, Monarchy period, 10th-7th BCE. Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv,Israel.According to the Bible, the Israeliteswere the descendants of the Biblical patriarch Jacob. Theywere divided into twelve tribes, each descended from one of twelve sons or grandsons of Jacob.The term Israelite derives from Israel (Hebrew: (Standard Yisra el Tiberian Yir l )), the

name given to Jacob after the death of Isaac. (Genesis 32:28-29). His descendants are called theHouse of Jacob, the Children of Israel, the People of Israel, or the Israelites.The Hebrew Bible is mainly concerned with the Israelites. According to it, the Land of Israel was promised to them by God . Jerusalem was their capital and the site of the temple at the center of their faith.The Israelites became a major political power with the United Monarchy of Kings Saul, David and Solomon, from c. 1025 BCE. Zedekiah, king of Judah (597-586 BCE), is considered the lastking from the house of David.The Israelites, though related, should not be confused with Israelis, the contemporary inhabitantsof Israel.

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1 Terminology 2 Biblical Israel

2.1 Jacob's sons 2.2 The Twelve Tribes 2.3 Camps following the exodus 2.4 The division of the land 2.5 Israelite kingdoms

3 Genetic evidence of common descent 4 The archeological record 5 Other groups claiming descent

5.1 Samaritans

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5.2 Karaites 5.3 Beta Israel 5.4 Bnei Menashe 5.5 Hebrew Israelites 5.6 Rastafari 5.7 Bnai Israel

6 Christian theology 6.1 Latter-day Saints 6.2 Christian Identity 6.3 New Israel

7 Islamic theology 8 See also 9 References and notes 10 External links

[edit] TerminologySee also: Hebrews and Who is a Jew?

The term Israelitesis the English term, first adopted in the King James translation of the Bible,to describe the ancient people directly descended from the Biblical patriarch Jacob (who wasrenamed as Israel; Genesis 32:29). It is an adoption of the Hebrew Bnei Yisrael (literally "Sons of Israel" or "Children of Israel"). Similarly, the singular "Israelite" is the adoptation of theadjective Yisraeli which in Biblical Hebrew refers to a member of the Bnei Yisrael (e.g Leviticus24:10). Other terms used to refer to this Biblical patriarchal clan include "Daughters of Israel",[citation needed ] "House of Jacob", "House of Israel", or simply "Israel"."Israelites" as used in the Bible includes both descendants of Jacob who followed the Jewishfaith as well as apostates who turned to other gods. In contrast the term Jew is used in Englishfor members of the Jewish faith, regardless of the historical period or ancestry.In modern Hebrew Bnei Yisrael can denote the Jewish people at any time in history and istypically used to emphasize Jewish religious identity and thus does not include apostates. Theadjective Yisraeli is used in modern Hebrew for any citizen of the modern State of Israel,regardless of religion or ethnicity and translated into English as " Israeli".Another term is Hebrewswhich typically refers to the same people as the Israelites. They gavetheir name to Hebrew, the language of Israelites, Jews and the State of Israel. [1]It should be noted that these three words, Israelites, Hebrews and Jews, are historically relatedand often used (incorrectly) as synonyms. "Israelites" and "Hebrews" are occasionally used inEnglish as synonyms for Jews.

[edit] Biblical Israel[edit] Jacob's sons

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Jacob's wives gave birth to twelve sons: Reuben (Genesis 29:32), Simeon (Genesis 29:33), Levi (Genesis 29:34), Judah (Genesis 29:35), Dan (Genesis 30:5), Naphtali (Genesis 30:7), Gad (Genesis 30:10), Asher (Genesis 30:12), Issachar (Genesis 30:17), Zebulun (Genesis 30:19),Joseph (Genesis 30:23), and Benjamin (Genesis 35:18).

Children of Jacob by wife in order of birth (D = Daughter)Leah Reuben(1) Simeon(2) Levi(3) Judah(4) Issachar (9) Zebulun(10) Dinah(D)

Rachel Joseph(11)Benjamin

(12)Bilhah

(Rachel'sservant)

Dan (5) Naphtali(6)

Zilpah(Leah'sservant)

Gad (7) Asher (8)

[edit] The Twelve Tribes

Tribes of Israel

The Tribes Reuben

Simeon

Levi

Judah

Dan

Naphtali

Gad

Asher

Issachar

Zebulun

Joseph Menasheh Ephraim

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Israelites Ten Lost Tribes

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The Israeliteswere divided along family lines, each called a shevet or mateh in Hebrew meaningliterally a "staff" or "rod". The term is conventionally translated as "tribe" in English, althoughthe divisions were not small isolated distinct ethnic groups in the modern sense of the term.In Egypt the house of Joseph was divided into two tribes, Ephraim and Manasseh, by virtue of Jacob's blessing. (Genesis 48:8-21)Some English speaking Jewish groups view the pronunciation, English transcription and Hebrewspelling of the tribal names to be extremely important. The transcriptions and spellings are asfollows:

Reuben: , Standard R uven, Tiberian R n Simeon: , Standard im on, Tiberian im n Levi: , Standard Levi, Tiberian Lw (which did not share in the apportionment of the

Land) Judah: , Standard Yhuda , Tiberian Yh h Dan: , Standard Dan, Tiberian Dn Naphtali: , Standard Naftali, Tiberian Nap tl Gad: , Standard Gad, Tiberian G Asher : , Standard Aer, Tiberian r Issachar : , Standard Yissa ar , Tiberian Yi r

Zebulun: , Standard Zvlun, Tiberian Zblun Joseph: , Standard Yosef , Tiberian Ysp , containing the tribes:

Manasseh: , Standard Mnae, Tiberian Mnaeh, Samaritan Manatch Ephraim: , Standard Efryim, Tiberian Epryim / Epryim, Samaritan

Afrime Benjamin: , Standard Binyamin, Tiberian Binymn

[edit] Camps following the exodusFollowing the Exodus from Egypt, the Israelites were divided into thirteen camps (Hebrew:machanot ) according to importance [2] with Levi in the center of the encampment around theTabernacle and its furnishings surrounded by other tribes arranged in four groups: Judah,Issachar and Zebulun; Reuben, Simeon and Gad; Ephraim, Manasseh and Benjamin; Dan, Asher and Naphtali.[3] Thus additionally Aaron and his descendants although descended from Levi wereappointed as priests (kohanim ) and came to be considered a separate division to the Levites.

[edit] The division of the land

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1759The tribes were assigned territories following the conquests of land under Moses and Joshua.Moses assigned territories to Reuben, Gad and a portion of Manasseh on land east of the Jordanwhich they had requested (Numbers 32:5). Joshua assigned territories to Judah, Ephraim and therest of Manasseh on land west of the Jordan which they had conquered. The tribe of Manassehthus came to be divided into two parts by the Jordan each part referred to as a half-tribe ( chatzi-

shevet ) of Manasseh, the part lying east of the Jordan being referred to as the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead. Following the conquest of the remainder of Canaan, Joshua assignedterritories to Asher, Benjamin, Dan, Issacher, Naphtali, Simeon and Zebulun. The land of Judahwas considered too large for that tribe alone and Simeon was assigned a portion within the landof Judah instead of its own territory in the newly conquered land. Because the Levites, andkohanim (descendants of Aaron) priests played a special religious role of service at theTabernacle to the people they were not given their own territories, but were instead assignedcities to live in within the other territories. Dan was assigned territory lying between Ephraimand Manasseh but was later displaced and subsequently settled in territory to the north of Naphtali.

[edit] Israelite kingdomsThe Israelites became a major political power with the United Monarchy of Kings Saul, David and Solomon, from c. 1025 BCE. With the breakup of the United Monarchy in c. 930 BCE, thesouthern Kingdom of Judah comprised the tribes of Judah, Simeon, Benjamin, and a part of Levi,while the northern Kingdom of Israel comprised the tribes of Reuben, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher,Issachar, Zebulun, Manasseh, Ephraim, and the remainder of Levi.

The Kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Assyrians under Shalmaneser V in the 720s BCEand then again by Sargon II, who, after conquering the land, destroyed Samaria, its capital, anddeported most of the occupants into exile. The southernmost tribe of Benjamin managed tosurvive by joining the Kingdom of Judah. However, Assyrian chronicles of the time report thatonly a small number of people were deported. Assyrian policy was for the deportees to bescattered, with the objective that they be assimilated into the Assyrian empire. As a result, thedeported tribes lost their cultural identity and became to be known as the Ten Lost Tribes .[4] Other defeated peoples of the Empire were in turn settled in the land.

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Zedekiah, king of Judah (597-586 BCE), is considered the last king from the house of David. In586 BCE, his kingdom was conquered by the Babylonians, who ransacked Jerusalem, killed hischildren before his eyes, before deporting the population into the Babylonian Captivity. The elitewas allowed to return from exile after some fifty years, but the country was to remain an integral part of the Persian Empire as long as the empire existed.

[edit] Genetic evidence of common descentMain articles: Haplogroup J1 (Y-DNA) and Y-chromosomal Aaron

Patrilineal descent can be documented by analysis of the Y-chromosome , passed from father toson. Of the many variants, or haplogroups, of the Y-chromosome, haplogroups J1 and J2, bothoriginating from the Middle East, are the most common among Jewish men.

J2 is found in 23% of Ashkenazi Jews and 29% of Sephardi Jews. It is equally commonamong Muslim Kurds (28%), Northern Iraqis (29.7%), Modern Turks (27.9%), Greeks(22.8%), Italians, and Lebanese (29%). J2 is thought to have originated in the NorthernLevant and curiously appears to have the highest frequencies within the borders of whatonce was the ancient Hellenic world.

J1 is found in 19.0% of Ashkenazim and 11.9% of Sephardim. It is more common amongArab populations, especially Arab Bedouins. J1 is believed to originate from the SouthernLevant or Egypt approximately 10,000 - 15,000 years ago. [5]

A variant of J1 and J2, called the Cohen Modal Haplotype, is found in a high proportion(about 65%) of Jewish males with the surname Kohen or its variants, less frequentlyamong other Jews (25%) and other Middle-Eastern people (22% or less) [6]. Kohanimclaim descent from Aaron, brother of Moses and the first priest of the temple. Aaron wasfrom the house of Levi, the third son of Jacob.

Map showing the diversion of Y-chromosome Haplogroup IJ and its descendants.

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Aaron, Waterlooplein, Amsterdam.Thus, genetic evidences support a levantine patrilineal descent for a small portion of Jews, whichmay represent descent from one of the Israelite tribes. The discovery of the Cohen ModalHaplotype gives more weight to the Biblical and priestly claim of descent from a uniqueancestor, namely Aaron [7], and also provides an objective test of claims of Israelite origin, as for example with the Lemba people. [8]

Note, however, that several Kohen families carry other Y-chromosome variants. [9] Note also thatthe CMH gene pattern is found in populations not know to be related to Israelites [10].

[edit] The archeological recordMain articles: Archeology of Israel , Biblical archeology , and The Bible and history

Archeological record of Israelites is usually sought in the hill country of the Holy Land, in stratacorresponding to the Iron Age I (Judges, 1200 - 1000 BC), Iron Age IIA (United Monarchy,1000-925 BC) and Iron Age IIB-C (Divided Monarchy, 925-586 BC). See Archeology of Israel The first appearance of the name Israel in archeological records as a personal name is in Ebla and Ugarit (c. 2500 BCE). It appears on the Merneptah stele (c. 1200 BCE). A group of eightrecords dated between c. 850-722 BCE mentions a kingdom in the same area called variouslyIsrael or, and more frequently, either Beit Omri or Humri (" House of Omri") or Samaria, thethree clearly referring to the same political entity. One of these makes reference to " Ahab theIsraelite", the only occurrence of this form of the word in the ancient epigraphy. The name isfound again on 1st and 2nd century CE coins from the Jewish revolts against the Romans.A number of elements of material culture has been linked to the Israelites, notably a type of collar-rimmed storage jar ( pithos), the four room house, the absence of pig bones and the use of the Hebrew language. [11] [12] [13] [14]

The accuracy of the Hebrew Bible as a historical document is the subject of much debate amongarcheologists. The debate is usually articulated between Biblical maximalism, the assumptionthat the Bible is historically correct, and Biblical minimalism, the assumption that the Bible ismostly myth. See The Bible and history .

[edit] Other groups claiming descent[edit] SamaritansSamaritans, once a comparatively large, but now a very small ethnic and religious group,consisting of not more than about 700 people [15] living in Israel and the West Bank . They regardthemselves as descendants of the tribes of Ephraim (named by them as Aphrime ) and Manasseh

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(named by them as Manatch ). Samaritans adhere to a version of the Torah, known as theSamaritan Pentateuch, which differs in some respects from the Masoretic text, sometimes inimportant ways, and less so from the Septuagint. Samaritans do not regard the Tanakh as anaccurate or truthful history. They regard only Moses as a prophet, have their own version of Hebrew, and do not regard themselves as part of Judaism.

Since 539 BCE, when Jews began returning from Babylonian captivity, many Jews have rejectedthe Samaritan claim of descent from the Israelite tribes, though some regard them as a sect of Judaism.

[edit] KaraitesMainstream Judaism regards both the Tanakh and an Oral Law (codified and recorded in theMishnah and Talmuds) as the foundation of their religion, morality, and other laws. KaraiteJudaism regards the Tanakh as scripture, but reject the Oral Law.There are approximately 50,000 adherents of Karaite Judaism, most of whom live in Israel, butexact numbers are not known, as most Karaites have not participated in any religious censuses.The differences between Karaite and mainstream Judaism goes back many hundreds of years.

[edit] Beta IsraelThe Beta Israel or Falasha is a group formerly living in Ethiopia that has a tradition of descentfrom the lost tribe of Dan. They have a long history of practicing such Jewish traditions askashrut, Sabbath and Passover and for this reason their Jewishness was accepted by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and the Israeli government in 1975. They emigrated to Israel en masse duringthe 1980s and 1990s, as Jews, under the Law of Return. Some who claim to be Beta Israel stilllive in Ethiopia. Their claims were formally accepted by the Chief Rabbinate of Israel , and areaccordingly generally regarded as Jews.

[edit] Bnei MenasheThe Bnei Menashe is a group in India claiming to be descendants of the half-tribe of Menashe.

Members who have studied Hebrew and who observe the Sabbath and other Jewish lawsreceived in 2005 the support of the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel in arranging formalconversion to Judaism. Some have converted and emigrated to Israel under the Law of Return.

[edit] Hebrew IsraelitesThe Hebrew Israelites, or Black Hebrews, believe that the biblical Israelites were actually of adark skin, and that they are their ethnic descendants. They also believe that modern Jews areactually descendants of the both the Edomites and Khazarians intermarriages. The HebrewIsraelites claim that the word "Jewish" merely pertains to Judah and that the use of the term is asa result of a mistranslation in the King James Bible for Judah.The presumption that the Israelites were black is based on a historical ethnic view of Egyptians.

It is based on the premise that ancient Egyptians were a dark skinned people, and asserts thatMoses and Joseph must have been dark-skinned because they were mistaken for Egyptians.Commentators have noted, however, that contemporary ancient Egyptian iconography (for example, the images on the thrones of Tutankhamen and grave images) shows a people of olive brown complexions and Hamito-Semitic features.Ancient historians indicated an Ethiopian origin of the Israelites. The ancient Roman historian,Tacitus, wrote that many, again, say that they [the Israelites] were a race of Ethiopian origin(Histories (Tacitus) , Book 5, Paragraphs 2 & 3).[16]

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Some Rastas believe that the black races are the lost Israelites literally or spiritually [17]

. Theyinterpret the Bible as implying that Haile Selassie was the returned Messiah, who would lead theworld's peoples of African descent into a promised land of full emancipation and divine justice.There are some Rastafarians that believe they are Jews by descent through Ras Tafari , Ras Tafari being a descendant of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba via Menelik I. One Rastafari order named The Twelve Tribes of Israel , imposes a metaphysical astrology whereby Aries is Reuben,Aquarius is Joseph, etc. The Twelve Tribes of Israel differ from most Rastafari Mansions (sects) because they believe that Jesus Christ is their Lord and Savior, while other Mansions claim thatHaile Selassie I is the true God. With his famous early reggae song The Israelites DesmondDekker immortalised the Rastafari concept of themselves as the Lost Children of Israel.However, sometimes peoples native to Africa are identified with descendants of Ham, whereasthe Old Testament of the Bible states that Abraham is descended from Shem.

[edit] Bnai IsraelThere is an ethnic-religious group in Pakistan and Afghanistan which refers to itself as the BnaiIsrael, or House of Israel, or Beit Israel. This group is referred to in English as the Pashtuns. Some Pashtuns claim to be the patriarchal historical descendants of the "ten lost tribes" of thenorthern Kingdom of Israel which were taken into captivity by Assyria.Certain groups of Jews in other parts of South Asia are sometimes referred to as Benai Israel.

[edit] Christian theology[edit] Latter-day Saints

See also: Mormonism and Judaism The Latter Day Saint movement (commonly termed Mormons ), believe that through baptism andreceiving the Gift of the Holy Ghost, they become "regathered" as Israelites, either as recoveredfrom the scattered tribes of Israel, or as Gentiles adopted and grafted into Israel, and thus becoming part of the chosen people of God[18]. These religious denominations derive from amovement started by Joseph Smith, Jr., and almost half of all members live in the United States;the movement does not strictly believe that they are ethnic Jews as such, but rather that Israelitescan refer to many different cultures, on occasion including Jews [19]. They believe that certain OldTestament passages[20] are prophecies implying that the tribe of Joseph (Ephraim and Manasseh)will take a prominent role in the spread of the gospel to all of scattered Israelites in the last days, and that the tribe of Judah (ie. Judah) also has a prominent role in the last days and during the

Millennium[21]

.[edit] Christian IdentityThe Christian Identity movement comprises a number of groups with a racialized theology whichclaim to be the only true Israelites on the basis that white Europeans are, in their belief, the literaldescendants of the Israelites through the ten tribes, and who are accordingly still God's ChosenPeople. These groups generally deny that present-day Jews are descended from the Israelites nor Hebrews (who were in Egypt and were in the Exodus) but are instead descended from Turco-

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