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Why do you insist on splitting a non-existent hair? Whether they are called "Jews" or "Children of Israel," it's equally valid since this goes to the Abrahamic Covenant which extends to Abraham's seed of the Promise.

I've read several times your positing(s) on how Abraham wasn't a Jew. Duh! How could he have been one when his great-grandson Judah is where the term "Jews" comes from? Abram, who was renamed Abraham by the Father, was the first Hebrew, not the first "Jew."

Your "Lost Tribe" screed is laughable on its face, much less on the so-called "serious" aspects of it. I guess it is no surprise to you that there are many people of African descent who claim the exact same thing that your so-called "British Israelite" group claims.

You are all full of Barbra Streisand, and all of your agenda(s) is/are suspect to say the least.

Wow! And that didn't even take 3-minutes to read, did it? < /sarcasm>

>...how Abraham wasn't a Jew. Duh! How could he have been one when his great-grandson Judah is where the term "Jews" comes from?

Are parents named after their children? I am an American, but my Grandfather was never called an American.

>Abram, who was renamed Abraham by the Father, was the first Hebrew, not the first "Jew."

Well, that's partly correct. Abraham was not the first Hebrew, and never was a Jew. Neither were Isaac and Jacob. In fact, here is a partial list for your study:

Partial list of Biblical Characters
Most were Hebrews and Israelites but NONE were JEWS

Genesis: God, Adam, Eve, Cain, Abel, Seth, Enoch, Methuselah, Noah, Shem, Ham, Japheth, Lot, Abraham , Sara, Melchizedek, Eliezer, Hagar, Ishmael, Isaac , Abimelech, Rebekah, Laban, Keturah, Esau, Jacob/Israel , Leah, Rachel, Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin, Dinah, Potiphar, Tamar, Perez, Zerah, Manasseh, Ephraim.

Exodus: Moses, Zipporah, Gershom, Jethro, Aaron, Eleazar, Joshua, Hur , Nadab, Abihu, Ithamar, Bezalel, Uri, Nun, Oholiab, Ahisamach.

Leviticus: Mishael, Elzaphan, Uzziel, Molech, Shelomith, Dibri.

Others: David, Solomon and Sampson were not Jews, among many others...

No Israelites were called "Jews" until well after the collapse of the Davidic Kingdom of Israel. These 5 MILLION Israelites split into Northern and Southern Kingdoms in about 922 BC , and both Kingdoms were taken into captivity and separate diaspora within 400 years.

It was not until ~500 BC, following the return of remnants of the Southern Kingdom from Babylon that the name Jew appears in history. Those ~50,000 Jews were Southern Kingdom Israelites, and were only a tiny group compared to the Millions of Israelites from the Northern Kingdom (who were never called Jews) had escaped their Assyrian captivity and moved on to appear in history as The Celts. (Please click on my LostTribe profile for more details.)