Jewish anthropology: the jewish people as an ancestral and native people of the Land of Israel, the jewish people as an indigenous people

Abstract

This scientific research presents conceptions and intersections about cultural identity, religious or ethnic-religious identity, indigenous identity and Jewish identity. It aimed to identify and describe theoretical currents and international organizations such as the UN (United Nations) on the breadth that the term indigenous brings. The methodology used was the review of anthropological literature with a qualitative-descriptive character, and also exploratory and descriptive through the search for Jewish and indigenous information sources available in international Jewish newspapers and international organizations. The results we reached are that the conception of indigenous terminology encompasses people of various origins and territories, present in practically all continents on planet Earth, and that its core characteristic is the fact that they are people originating from the territories they inhabit, a historical, religious, cultural, linguistic, ethnic-racial connection, among other elements, with the territory from which they originate. The conclusion is that Jews are indigenous peoples, as they have a connection to the Land of Israel from which they were expelled and wandered through different countries throughout the millennia of the Jewish diaspora, they have their own culture that is different from the local hegemonic culture of the diaspora, the scriptures Jewish sacred rites (Tanach and Torah), prayer books (siddur), religious rituals, eating habits, Hebrew language for prayers and other cultural aspects that define the Jew as a native people of the Land of Israel, therefore the Jews are an indigenous people and originating in the Land of Israel.