New terminological definitions to understand the History of Israel

Abstract

The formation of a people is something complex that develops, most of the time, without the production of documentation or monuments. With Israel it was no different, the search in the vestiges of history and archeology set up a wide and multifaceted picture that encompasses different groups of origin that bring with them the fact that they are marginalized as unifying element. To understand this picture, however, the use of terms that identify and characterize the "people of Israel" at every point in their formation is vital to an academic research.