According to Hebrew texts, 12 tribes once occupied the Land of Israel. Formed by descendants of the patriarch Jacob (later named Israel), these tribes went on to live, fight, conquer, and be ...

O my people, enter the Holy Land which Allah has assigned to you…” This verse, spoken by Moses to his people, recognises the land’s divine allocation to the Israelites. Surah Al-Isra (17:104) further ...

Biblical Israel is not the Jewish people, not the state of Israel, and not the Christian Church. Most Israelites were not ...

Jacob was given the name Israel, and later, the land of the Jewish People was named after him. Jacob had twelve sons, from whom the twelve tribes of Israel originated.

The 12 tribes of Israel then notionally divide the territory (conquered and unconquered) between them. Judah’s territory is around Jerusalem and to the south.

Over the centuries, the Beta Israel have been connected with the tribe of Dan. This association has eased the process of their return to the state of Israel in recent times. The Scottish ...