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January 14, 2015

Was “Hebrew” the First Anti-Semitic Slur?

The Hebrew Bible generally refers to Jews by some variation of the word Israel. (The word Jew does not appear as such until the later biblical books.) Yet, occasionally, Jews are designated as Hebrews. Yitzhaq Feder notes an interesting pattern:

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January 14, 2015

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  2. Was “Hebrew” the First Anti-Semitic Slur?

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