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Who was the First Jew?

October 14, 2014 by tomirvine

There are differing opinions as to who was the first Jew. * * * Abraham, 1813-1638 BCE, is considered by many as the first Jew. A native of Mesopotamia, he rejected the idolatrous ways of his ancestors and contemporaries; he was the first person to use his own cognitive abilities to discover and recognize the … Read more

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