Introduction of the Word ‘Jew’ into the Hebrew Bible
When, in 1604, James VI, King of Scotland became King James I of England, the first ruler of Great Britain and Ireland, he ruled a nation in religious and political turmoil. And, when a leading Puritan spokesman, Dr John Reynolds, proposed that a new English Bible be issued in honour of the new king, James saw this as an opportunity to bring about a unity with the church service in Presbyterian Scotland and Episcopal England. The redaction began in 1604 and was completed and published in 1611 and this the new English Bible became known as the “Authorised Version” because its making was authorised by King James. This “Authorised Version” became the “Official Bible of England” and the only Bible of the Anglican church. There have been several revisions of the King James Bible in 1615, 1629, 1638, 1762 and 1769 with the most substantive changes occurring in the eighteenth century. Then, Dr Thomas Paris (1762) published an extensive revision at Cambridge while Dr Benjamin Blayney did the same at Oxford (1769). Blayney’s redactions included much modernisation of spelling, punctuation, and expression, but, in which the exact words in the 1611 Bible first edition are used. It is this 1769 update by Blayney that is the basis of the modern King James Bible. Also, since 1885, 14 books representing the Apocrypha were “officially” removed from it. These Apocryphal books were included at the insistence of the king and, unlike the Rheims-Douai and other Roman Catholic Bibles that scattered them throughout the Old Testament, were placed between the Testaments.
Consequently, any modern, so-called “1611 Authorised King James Version” available today is NOT a facsimile of the original 1611 “Authorised Version” but a copy of the 1769 revision. Even those editions that may even proclaim “1611” in the frontispiece to promote sales are deceptions, for, they too are simply modern print runs of the Blayney’s 1769 edition. These are editions in which the original text and words of the “1611 Authorised King James Version” have been altered with spellings revised and some words changed in almost every printing done since 1769 and, also, with fourteen entire books plus extra prefatory features removed from almost every printing done since 1885. To get an original, un-redacted “1611 Authorised King James Version” is more problematic and far more expensive. Originals are rare and eminently collectible and fetch huge prices while facsimiles and exact photographic facsimile edition are less exorbitant but still expensive.
There are 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet and not now nor was there ever an equivalent letter “J”; nor is there any Hebrew letter that carries even an approximate sound of the consonant letter “J.” Furthermore, there is not a letter “J” in the Greek alphabet. In fact, although the letter “J” is firmly established as the tenth letter and seventh consonant in the English alphabet it is a recent addition to the English script. It was inserted in the alphabet after “I,” from which it was developed and credited to Petrus Ramus (1515-1572) who first distinguish “I” and “J” as representing separate sounds. John 19:19 refers to the inscription Pontius Pilate had posted over Jesus’ cross that in the Greek is “Ieous Nazoraios Basilius Ioudaios,” which in modern Bibles is rendered: “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews” In the fourth century, Jerome translated the Bible from the Greek into Latin and his treatment of this verse in the Latin Vulgate was: “Iesus Nazerenus Rex Iudaeorum.” The acronym of this verse used on Catholic statues, icons and imagery is “INRI” …. because there was no “J.” The Wiclif, Wickliff or Wycliffe Edition published in 1380 is the earliest version of the New Testament in English from the Latin Vulgate Edition and in it Jesus is there mentioned as One of the “iewes.” That is, the 14th century middle English version of the Latin “Iudaeus” pronounced “hew-weeze,” in the plural, and “iewe” pronounced “hew-wee” in the singular.
It was not until the middle of the 17th century that the use of “J” as an initial found common usage in English books. As such, all writers before this time were wholly ignorant of the letter “J.” For instance, William Shakespeare never ever saw the word “Jew” never mind use the word it in any of his works. In the Merchant of Venice first published in about 1600, Shakespeare wrote: “what is the reason? I am a Iewe; hath not a Iewe eyes?” Even the great lexicographer, Samuel Johnson, was unusually ambivalent in his use of the “J” letter, for, in his seminal English Dictionary of 1755 and 1756 words beginning with ancient “I” and the new letter “J” are interspersed. Moreover, although he defines “To Judaize” as “To conform to the manner of the Jews” in both editions he finds no room to list the word “Jew.” The 1933 edition of The Oxford English Dictionary is helpful in this respect and lists the first published usage of the word “Jew.” In 1653, by Greaves in his “Seraglio,” 150. “In the King’s Seraglio, the sultanas are permitted to employ divers Jewes – women about their ordinary occasions.” By Sheridan in 1775 in his play “The Rivals,” Act II, Scene I: “She shall have a skin like a mummy, and the beard of a Jew.” And in 1700 by Bishop Patrick in his Commentary on Deuteronomy 28:37: “Better we cannot express the most cut-throat dealing, than thus, you use me like a Jew”.
The 1841 English Hexapla is a compendium of six English translations of the New Testament, which are: the Wycliffe version of 1380 (the first English Scripture, hand-copied prior to Gutenberg’s invention of the printing press in 1455), The Tyndale version of 1534-1536 (the first English printed Scripture), and Cranmer’s Great Bible of 1539 (the first Authorized English Bible); The Geneva “1557” (the English Bible of the Protestant Reformation); the Rheims (the first Roman Catholic English version of 1582); and the King James First Edition of 1611. In the Wycliffe version John 19.19 reads: “ihesus of Nazareth kyng of the iewes.” Similarly, in the Tyndale Edition of the New Testament published in 1525 Jesus was likewise described as One of the “Iewes.” Likewise, in the Cranmer Edition Jesus was again described as One of the “Iewes.”; in the Geneva Edition Jesus was also described as One of the “Iewes.” In the Rheims Edition Jesus was described as One of the “Ievves”; and in the King James Edition, also known as the Authorised Version, Jesus was described again as one of the “Iewes.” That is, the word “Jew” does not appear in any of these Bibles. First references to Jesus as a so-called “Jew” are found in the 18th century redactions of the 14th century English editions of the New Testament. The first Bible in which the word “Jew” first appears is the 1729 Daniel Mace New Testament in Romans 2:13 – 3:21. Afterwards in 1750 in the Douai; the Catholic English Bible newly revised and corrected by Richard Challoner using the 1609 translation of the Latin Vulgate. In 1755 by John Wesley in his “New Testament with Explanatory Notes.” Benjamin Blayney’s 1769 modernised version of the 1611 edition of the Authorised King James Bible. And, in John Worsley’s 1770 “New Testament or New Covenant of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ” with notes as translated from the Greek.
The evolution of the Holy Bible – the story of how the Bible arrived to us in its present form – is testament to the working of Higher Hidden Hands in the historical process. How the revealed Word of God was preserved in the original languages of Hebrew and Greek and transmitted into the modern world via Latin from which it was released into common possession by its translation into the English language by John Wycliffe and others during the Great Reformation.
First Time the Word ‘Jew’ was used in the Bible
“At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day” 2 Kings 16:6
The word “Jew” is a relatively modern invention used, seemingly indiscriminately and interchangeably, by 18th century redactors to describe Israelites, Judahites and Judaeans. It first appeared in these eighteenth century Bibles and it first appears within these redactions in 2 Kings 16:6 …. in an episode that describes a war between Israel and Judah: when Rezin, king of Syria and Pekah, king of Israel went to war with wicked Ahaz, king of Judah. The Syrians “drave the Jews from Elath” who were in possession of it and so here is the first time that the inhabitants of the kingdom of Judah are called “Jews” when more properly they should be called Judahites. However, the point here is this: the very first time the word “Jew” is found in the modern Bible, they are at war with Israel.
The Edomites
“And Jehovah said to her [Rebekah] Two nations are in your womb, and two kinds of people shall be separated from your bowels. And the one people shall be stronger than the other people, the older [Esau] shall serve the younger [Jacob]” (Gen. 25:23)
“They [the Edomites] were hereafter no other than [non-Israelite] Jews.” Flavius Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews Book XIII, Chapter IX, Verse 1, p. 279
They [the non-Israelite Edomites] were then incorporated with the Jewish nation” Article entitled “EDOM, IDUMEA,” The Jewish Encyclopedia Vol. V, p. 41(1904)
“In the days of John Hyrcanus [end of the second century BC] … the [non-Israelite] Edomites became a section of the Jewish people.” Article entitled “EDOM,” Encyclopaedia Judaica Vol. 6, p. 378 (1971)
“From then on they [the non-Israelite Edomites] constituted a part of the Jewish people, Herod [King of Judea] being one of their descendants” Article entitled “EDOM (Idumea),” The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia p. 589 (1977)
The Edomites are descendants of Esau (“hairy, rough”), the eldest son of Isaac, and twin brother of Jacob, whose singular appearance at birth originated the name (Gen 25:25). Also, he was given the name of Edom (“red”) from his conduct in connection with the red lentil “pottage” for which he sold his birthright (Gen. 25:30, Gen. 25:31).
Esau was much loved by his father and was, because he was first-born, his heir but was tricked into selling his birthright to his younger brother, Jacob, with the help of his mother, for a meal of red lentil pottage. Esau lost his father’s birthright and his paternal blessing due to Jacob’s subterfuge and thus raised the anger of Esau, who vows vengeance (Gen. 25:29-34; 27:1-41). Yahweh thereafter called Esau, “Edom” and the country subsequently settled by Esau/Edom and his brood was “the country of Edom” (Gen 32:3). Jacob, the grandson of Abraham and Sarah, the son of Isaac and Rebecca, is the ancestor of the Israelites. Later, Yahweh told Jacob that his name was no longer Jacob, but henceforth, Israel (Gen. 32:22-32; Gen. 35:10). Jacob’s twelve sons were the ancestors of the Twelve Tribes of Israel and their descendants are described as the Twelve Tribes of Israel originally identified by the names of the twelve sons of Jacob: the Patriarchs Joseph, Judah, Issachar, Benjamin, Levi, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Simeon, Dan, Zebulun, Reuben. Later, Joseph’s two sons, his eldest, Manasseh and his second son, Ephraim, were adopted by Jacob as his own and so those two tribes replaced Joseph and Levi among the Twelve of Israel. The patriarch Judah was the fourth son born to Jacob (Gen 29:35).
The Edomites were thus the progeny of Esau, whose name was Edom, so called from the red lentil pottage he sold his birthright for to his brother Jacob (later, at Yahweh’s behest, called Israel). These Edomites were also separate from the Twelve Tribes of Israel and so were not true Israelites. They lived separately in a different land nurturing an enmity originating with their patriarch, Esau/Edom for Jacob/Israel and his descendants: a hatred born of a deep sense of injustice and betrayal that birthright and grace had been arrogated by trickery. Edom’s violence against Israel (Jacob) was so intense not only due to a sense of betrayal but also because they both came from the same parents (Isaac and Rebekah); in fact, this great and enduring enmity began in Rebekah’s womb, continued as the boys grew to manhood and endured until today in the phenomenon of the struggle of nations. Moreover, because of this enduring bitterness and jealousy, Esau would have destroyed Jacob had Yahweh not intervened.
Ezekiel 35:1-15 describes Yahweh’s judgement on, and devastation of Edom, who exulted over Israel’s humiliation, who was their most bitter foe, and who “had a perpetual hatred to them, to the very name of an Israelite.” Esau/Edom in his hate and anger pursued “his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever.” (Amos 1:11). Hence, the Edomites’ “perpetual hatred” and “wrath forever” toward Israelites. That is, this seminal struggle of nations, which began in Rebekah’s womb, endures today in the modern-day descendants of Israel (Jacob) and Edom (Esau) …. a great struggle between the Israelites and the Edomites (perhaps symbolic of the larger spiritual warfare that began with the war in Heaven and Satan was cast down to Earth where his minions continue their battle against Christ and his followers).
The Edomites lived and prospered in a land separate from Israel but were later attacked and defeated by Saul (1 Sam. 14:47) and some forty years later, by David (2 Sam. 8:13-14). Later, in the reign of Jehosaphat, (c 914 BC), the Edomites attempted to invade Israel, but failed (2 Chron. 20:22). They later joined with Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Chaldea, in his invasion of Judaea, the Judaean kingdom of the Two Tribes, and helped in his destruction of Jerusalem as well as the subsequent deportation of the Judaeans to Babylonia (c 630-562 BC). The terrible cruelty displayed by the Edomites at this time provoked fearful denunciations by the later prophets (Isa 34:5-8; Isa 63:1-4; Jer 49:17). Afterwards, the Edomites invaded and held possession of the south of Palestine but they eventually fell under the growing Chaldean power (Jer 27:3, Jer 27:6). The Edomites were thus Semites since they are closely related in blood and in language to the Israelites but they had no claim on the unique Bible Covenant and Birthright Promises gifted by Yahweh to Abraham, then to Jacob/Israel and then to his descendants. However, for more than four centuries, the Edomites continued to prosper but during the warlike rule of the Maccabeans, they were again completely subdued, and even forced to conform to Jewish laws and rites, and submit to the government of Jewish prefects. Here, at this time, the Edomites become incorporated within the resurgent Judaean kingdom.
Edomites are therefore descended from Edom (Esau) whose descendants later intermarried with the Turks to produce a Turco-Edomite mixture which later became known as Khazars. That is, most of today’s Jews are descendants of this interbreeding that produced a race called Khazars who had once governed an empire called Khazaria. Furthermore, this hybrid race Edomite/Turk/Khazar who created the Khazar kingdom and who between the seventh and ninth centuries AD, adopted the religion of Judaism. And, it is these Khazar Jews who are the ancestors of the vast majority of today’s Jewish people. That is, Edomite/Turk/Khazars are the ancestors of the modern “Jews” including the Torah-true and Zionist Jews who spuriously claim right to the land of Palestine claiming it it is theirs by biblical demands and ancestral rights.
Consequently, the majority of today’s Jewish people are known as “Jews” not because they are Judahites and descended from Jacob/Israel but because their Edomite/Turk/Khazar ancestors in their Kingdom of Khazaria adopted the religion of Judaism, called themselves “Jews” and arrogated the Birthright Promises and Bible Covenants belonging to the Israelites, but especially those belonging to the Judahites.
Thus, “Jews” are not Israelites and certainly they are not Judahites. Hence, modern Jews are not heir to the Bible Covenants nor to the ancient Nation of Israel given by Yahweh to the Israelites and the Judahites and so have no Divine Right or biblical mandate to the modern Land of Palestine.
Similarly, Jesus of Nazareth was not a “Jew” he was a Judahite, and Jesus Christ was not “King of the Jews” as we mostly associate the word today, only in its true form as descendants of the ttribe of Judah.
Are the Jews behind the global conspiracy to rule the world? Many believe that to be the case, but is it not just another case of the Luciferian elite (probably a combination of some Jews, some Anglican, etc.) to mask their true identity by conning some useful idiots to their evil deeds in exchange for power, money, or other material gains?
Are Jews from India?
In Hindu scriptures I read Jews are YADAVAS, the lost tribe of Lord Krishna who, after defeat in the epic war in the “MAHABHARTA,” were ousted from India some 7 to 8,000 years ago and left India through Khaiberpass and via Afghanistan, [disappearing] in the Middle East…
Author, mythologist, and religious researcher Dorothy Murdock says that “there is much data indicating some of the earliest “Jews,” i.e., Hebrews, are migrants from India. In earlier scholarship, there has appeared a repeated contention that Hebrew is related to Vedic or other proto- or pre-Sanskrit Indian language via Chaldean, of which Hebrew is supposedly a late corruption. I have not yet followed up on this subject to my satisfaction and using more modern scholarship, which is hard to come by because of institutional prejudices. To my understanding the “Yadavas” were Greeks, but the “Yadus” were Judeans. The end result is the same, however.
Also, I am not an evemerist who believes that Krishna was ever a real person, and it seems that the Hebrews who made their way West were followers of Brahma, who becomes Abraham, while the former’s consort Sarasvati was morphed into Sarah. The idea of Krishna as a fully blown god or godman character did not occur until much later than the dates you give, with inferences in the Vedas the first real indication of the very rudimentary existence of a divine, personified “Krishna.”
Moreover, the Mahabharata cannot be taken as a literal battle, although there is certainly recreation in the epic of some battle scenes that likely took place on Earth at some point. Historical fiction and mythology often draw from real events. Nevertheless, the Mahabharata is largely a celestial story, reflecting cosmic events and entities in significant part. But that is the subject of yet another fascinating investigation, which I discuss in my books, as I do also the apparent link between the Mahabharata and the Homeric epics, the Iliad and Odyssey.
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Additional Reading:
Chronological History of Events Involving ‘Jews’
Tony Blair Faith Foundation created for Advancement of One World Religion
FBI’s Project Megiddo Released: It Targets Religious Extremists for the New Millinium
1998 “60 Minutes Interview” of Evil “Guiltless” George Soros
Ernst Zündel Sentenced to 9 More Months in Prison for His Research Book ‘Did 6 Million Really Die?’
The Leuchter Report: The First-Ever Forensic Investigation of the Alleged Extermination Gas Chambers at Auschwitz, Birkenau and Majdanek
An Updated International Red Cross Audit Records a Total 282,077 Deaths of All Internees in all German Concentration Camps from All Causes.
Shocking 1976 Interview with Zionist Harold Wallace Rosenthal
The National Organization for Women (NOW) was Founded in Washington, DC by Communist and Jewish Betty Friedan
Murray v. Curlett Ruling: School Prayer Removed from School by Supreme Court
