Jews or Semitic? Could be important? As according to what I have learned Jews are Semitic but not all Semites are Jews.Wally

Biblical terminology continues to be used by those who don?t believe in the Bible and/or those who believe errors are contained in Biblical history.Noah had three sons:  Shem, Ham, and Japheth.  The descendents of Shem are Semitic peoples.  To greatly oversimplify: the descendants of Shem inhabit the Middle East.  The descents of Japheth are the Indo-European peoples (and probably the Asian peoples) while the descendants of Ham inhabit Africa.Abraham was a descendant of Shem.  His descendants are the Hebrew people.  (To be more technical some classify all those who descended from Eber/Heber, an ancestor of Abraham, are Hebrews.  Today we?re mostly interested in who descends from  Abraham.)  The went to Isaac, Abraham?s birthright son.  Abraham had sons by other wives, such as Ishmael from whom the Arabs descend.  Isaac had two sons, Esau and Jacob.Jacob had 12 sons; since his name was changed to Israel all his descents are called Israelites.  Judah was one of his sons.  The proper definition of a Jew is a person who descents from Judah; however, over time the definition of a Jew has become synonymous with an Israelite.