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Originally posted by Spanky
The thrust of my question was why is Israel named Israel and not Judah?
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Well because in the Bible both Judah and Israel were names for individuals, or groups of persons (i.e., tribes), and Judah's dad was sometimes called Israel but sometimes Jacob (but sometimes he'd let you call him Ray). But whereas Israel and Judah were thrown around as names for individuals or groups of persons, Judah was never referred to as a place (except for Kingdom "of Judah" which is different), whereas Israel was sometimes used to describe land.
Okay, got all that? Great. So why are you referring to Palestine as if it's a country or something.
