Who are the Jews?

"Edom is in modern Jewry" (The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1925 edition, Vol. 5, Page 41). "The Edomites were conquered by John Hyrcanus who forcibly converted them to Judaism, and from then on they constituted a part of the Jewish people, Herod being one of their descendants" (The Standard Jewish Encyclopedia, Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1966, p. 594; Also The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia, Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1977, p. 589)."From this time the Idumeans became an inseparable part of the Jewish people," Encyclopedia Judaica Jerusalem, in Volume 8, p. 1147). "When, years before, John Hyrcanus had forced Judaism on the Idumeans he evidently conjectured that the new, though unwilling, converts could learn to identify their own destiny with that of his people," (The Jews, their History, Culture, and Religion, p. 121)."Jews began in the 19th century to call themselves Hebrews and Israelites in 1860" (Encyclopedia Judaica, 1971 Vol 10:23).". . . this would mean that their ancestors came not from the Jordan but from the Volga; not from Canaan but from the Caucasus, once believed to be the cradle of the Aryan race; and that GENETICALLY THEY ARE MORE RELATED TO THE HUN, UIGUR, AND MAGYAR TRIBES THAN TO THE SEED OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB. . . " (Arthur Koestler, The Thirteenth Tribe, (Random House, 1976, p. 17). judeochr.htm www.biblebelievers.org.au/ [[Category:Christianity]]