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In the Torah they are the twelve sons of Jacob, renamed Israel in Genesis known as the Twelve Tribes.
In the Book of Exodus the Israelites are constantly referred to as the Bnai Yisrael when God speaks to Moses etc.
This name is not to be confused with the modern State of Israel whose citizens are called Israelis some of whom are Muslims and some Christians. Only about 70% of modern-day Israel's citizen's are actually Jews.
After the split of the Hebrew Kingdom, the Southern Kingdom came to be known as the Bnai Judah, while the Northern Kingdom came to be known as the Bnai Israel.
See the Children of Israel page for the interpretation of this Biblical term today.
There is an ethnic-religious group in Afghanistan which refers to itself as the Bnai Israel, or House of Israel, or Bani Israel. This group is referred to in English as the Pashtuns. Some Pashtuns claim to be the historical descendants of the "ten lost tribes" of the northern Kingdom of IsraelThe Kingdom of Israel Malchut Yisrael in Hebrew), according to the Bible, was the nation formed around 1021BC from the descendants of Jacob, son of Isaac, who was given the name Israel meaning Struggles With God''. Following the death of King Solomon, c 9 which were taken into captivity by AssyriaThis article concerns the ancient Mesopotamian kingdom. For the modern-day peoples in northern Iraq and neighboring areas, see Assyrian. Assyria a country named after its original capital city, Asshur on the Tigris, was originally a colony of Babylonia, a.
Jews in IndiaThe Republic of India is a large multicultural country in South Asia, with a population of over one billion. The Indian economy is the fourth largest in the world, in terms of purchasing power parity, and is the world's second-fastest growing economy. are sometimes referred to as Benai IsraelThe Benai Israel (Hebrew for "the sons of Israel") is a term used to refer to the native Jews of India. Most well known of Asian Jews are the Jews of Bombay, called the B'nai Israel''. This community dates back approximately 1500 years in India and their.
There is a SuraSee also: Sura (disambiguation). Sura is the Arabic term for "chapter of the Qur'an". These are traditionally ordered in roughly reverse chronological order, with Madinan suras coming first and Makkan ones last for the most part. Each sura is divided intoh in the Quran with the title Bani Israel or House of Israel. This Surah takes its name from verse 4. This Surah was revealed in the last year before Hijrah. See Bani Israel (Quran sura).
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