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The Israelites (/ˈɪzriəˌlaɪtsˌ/;
Hebrew: בני
ישראל Bne
Yisra'el)[1] were a
Semitic people of the
Ancient Near East, who inhabited part of
Canaan during the tribal and monarchic periods. [2][
3][4][5][6] and lived in the region in smaller numbers after the fall of the monarchy. The prevailing academic opinion today is that the
Israelites, who eventually evolved into the modern
Jews and
Samaritans, were an outgrowth of the indigenous Canaanites who had resided in the area since the
8th millennium BCE.[
7][8][9][10]
In the
Hebrew Bible, the term "Israelites" refers to the direct descendants of any of the sons of the patriarch
Jacob, or of the people called
Israel, and of a worshipper of the
God of Israel,
Yahweh. In the period of the divided monarchy it referred only to inhabitants of the northern kingdom, and is only extended to cover people of the southern kingdom in post-exilic usage.[11] Other terms sometimes used include the "
Hebrews" and the "
Twelve Tribes" (of Israel).
The Jews, which include the tribes of
Judah, Benjamin,
Simeon and partially
Levi, are named after the southern
Israelite Kingdom of Judah. The word "Jews" is found in
Kings (16:6),
Chronicles (I, 4:18), and in numerous passages in
Jeremiah,
Zechariah and the book of
Esther.[12]
The Samaritans, whose religious texts consist of the five books of the
Samaritan Torah (but which do not contain the books comprising the
Jewish Tanakh), do not refer to themselves as Jews, although they do regard themselves as Israelites, in accordance with the Torah.
The Kingdom of Israel (
Samaria), often called the
Northern Kingdom of Israel, contained all the tribes except for the tribes of Judah and
Benjamin.
Following its conquest by
Assyria, these ten tribes were allegedly dispersed and lost to history, and henceforth known as the
Ten Lost Tribes.
Jewish tradition holds that Samaria was so named because the region's mountainous terrain was used to keep "Guard" (Shamer) for incoming enemy attack. According to
Samaritan tradition, however, the Samaritan ethnonym is not derived from the region of Samaria, but from the fact that they were the "
Guardians" (Shamerim) of the true Israelite religion. Thus, according to Samaritan tradition, the region was named Samaria after them, not vice versa. In Jewish Hebrew, the Samaritans are called Shomronim, while in
Samaritan Hebrew they call themselves Shamerim.
In Judaism, an Israelite is, broadly speaking, a lay member of the Jewish ethnoreligious group, as opposed to the priestly orders of Kohanim and
Levites. In texts of
Jewish law such as the Mishnah and Gemara, the term יהודי (Yehudi), meaning Jew, is rarely used, and instead the ethnonym ישראלי (Yisraeli), or Israelite, is widely used to refer to Jews. Samaritans commonly refer to themselves and Jews collectively as Israelites, and describe themselves as the Israelite Samaritans.[13][14]
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Louis Farrakhan, Sr. (born
Louis Eugene Wolcott; May 11, 1933, and formerly known as Louis X) is the leader of the religious group
Nation of Islam (
NOI). He served as the minister of major mosques in
Boston and
Harlem, and was appointed by the longtime NOI leader,
Elijah Muhammad, as the
National Representative of the Nation of Islam. After
Warith Deen Muhammad disbanded the NOI and started the orthodox Islamic group
American Society of Muslims,
Farrakhan started rebuilding the NOI. In
1981 he revived the name Nation of Islam for his organization, previously known as
Final Call, regaining many of the Nation of Islam's National properties including the NOI National
Headquarters Mosque Maryam, reopening over 130 NOI mosques in
America and the world.
The Southern Poverty Law Center describes Farrakhan as antisemitic and a proponent of an anti-white theology.[2] Farrakhan himself, however, disputes this view of his ideology.[3]
Farrakhan is a black religious and social leader. Farrakhan has been both praised and widely criticized for his often controversial political views and outspoken rhetorical style. He has been criticized for remarks that have been perceived as antisemitic, anti-white and homophobic.[2] In
October 1995, he organized and led the
Million Man March in
Washington, D.C., calling on black men to renew their commitments to their families and communities. Farrakhan, due to health issues, reduced his responsibilities with the NOI in
2007.[4]
In recent years, however, Farrakhan has been very active, including delivering weekly online sermons throughout
2013[5] as well as speaking at both large public NOI events as well as smaller venues.[6] Since
2010, Farrakhan has advocated
L Ron Hubbard's Dianetics and the use of its "auditing" technique despite not being a Scientologist. In
2015, he led the
20th Anniversary of the Million Man March:
Justice or Else.
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