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semite
A member of any of the peoples speaking a Semitic language, including the Hebrews, Arabs, Assyrians, Phoenicians, etc.
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israelite
A native or inhabitant of the (1) united nation of Israel (under the Judges, and then kings Saul, David and Solomon), or (2) the later northern kingdom centered in Samaria, distinct from kingdom of Judah centered in Jerusalem.
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israeli
A person from Israel or of Israeli descent.
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sephardi
A descendant of the Jews who lived in Spain and Portugal during the Middle Ages until persecution culminating in expulsion in 1492 forced them to leave.
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hebrew
Hebrew is defined as a Jewish person, or the written or spoken language of Jewish people.
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descendant of Abraham
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jewish (related)
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jewess
A Jewish woman or girl.
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judaist
One who believes and practices Judaism.
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Conservative Jew
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son of Israel
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believer (related)
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rabbi
A person trained in Jewish law, ritual, and tradition and ordained for leadership of a Jewish congregation, especially one serving as chief religious official of a synagogue.
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sadducee
A member of an ancient Jewish party, representing the ruling hierarchy, that accepted only the written law and rejected the oral, or traditional, law
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hasid
A member of a Jewish mystic movement founded in the 18th century in eastern Europe by Baal Shem Tov that reacted against Talmudic learning and maintained that God's presence was in all of one's surroundings and that one should serve God in one's every deed and word.
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ashkenazi
A member of the group of Jews that, after the Diaspora, settled in central, northern, and, later, eastern Europe and developed Yiddish as their spoken language
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judaism
The Jewish religion, a monotheistic religion based on the laws and teachings of the Holy Scripture and the Talmud
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jews (related)
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orthodox-jew
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Reform Jew
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sabra
A native-born Israeli.
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judaic
Pertaining to the Jews, their culture or their religion.
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judaical
Alternative form of Judaic.
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hebraism
A linguistic feature typical of Hebrew occurring especially in another language.
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levite
A member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi.
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non-Jews (related)
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armenians (related)
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turks (related)
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sect (related)
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moslem (related)
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gentile (related)
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non-Jew (related)
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catholics (related)
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moslems (related)
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judahite
An inhabitant of the ancient kingdom of Judah.
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muslims (related)
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wandering-jew
A Jew of medieval legend condemned to wander until the Day of Judgment for having mocked Jesus on the day of the Crucifixion.
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pharisee
A pharisaic person
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foreigner (related)
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judean
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arabs (related)
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  • Further, he shows an "astonishing familiarity with the Jewish rites," in the opinion of a modern Jew (Kohler in the Jewish Encycl.); so much so, that the latter agrees with another Jewish scholar in saying that "the writer seems to have been a converted Jew, whose fanatic zeal rendered him a bitter opponent of Judaism within the Christian Church."

  • So, too, the greatest Jew of the middle ages, Maimonides, was a Spaniard.

  • Even in remote Nejran, Halevy, himself a Jew, found a considerable colony of his co-religionists.

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