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Israelite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | An Israelite is a member of the Twelve Tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of the Biblical patriarch Jacob who was renamed Israel by God in the book of Genesis, 32:28. |
 | | Many of its non-Jewish converts believe they have been "grafted in" to the tribes of Israel, thus, believing they are "Jewish" and/or "Israelite", in a similar way Caleb and Ruth (great grandmother of King David), both non-Jews, joined themselves to ancient Israel. |
 | | One Rasta sect, called the Twelve Tribes of Israel, imposes an metaphysical system whereby Aries is Reuben, Aquarius is Joseph, etc. With his famous early reggae song The Israelites Desmond Dekker immortalised the Rastafarian concept of themselves as the Children of Israel. |
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