Theophilus G Theophilus Goldridge Pinches

The Israelites, also known as the Children of Israel, were an ancient Semitic-speaking people who lived in Canaan during the Iron Age. They are associated with Hebrews and spoke Biblical Hebrew, an archaic Hebrew language. In the biblical myth, the Israelites were divided into the Twelve Tribes of Israel and later formed the Iron Age kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Modern scholarship describes the Israelites as emerging from indigenous Canaanite populations and other peoples of the ancient Near Ea…