Jews

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1. Adherents of Judaism .

Jews

²

1. The Israelites , particularly after their return from captivity in Babylon (see also Babylon ) about five hundred years before the birth of Jesus ; at that time, the Israelites were established as a religious group, founded on the Mosaic law , not simply a national group.

Notes

When the Jewish nation was destroyed by the Romans in the year a.d. 70 and the Jews were scattered throughout the world, their religious beliefs and customs allowed them to remain one people.