I just looked it up, the modern Jewish community in Ethiopia still use this term to describe themselves. In Ge'ez it literally means "House of Israel", it originates from the 4th century CE when the Emperor of Aksum declared Christianity the official religion and the Jewish tribes refused.
And still missing so much. I love to mention Beta Israel, an early medieval Jewish kingdom in the mountains of modern Ethiopia.
is it actually called Beta Israel or is that a colloquialism?
I just looked it up, the modern Jewish community in Ethiopia still use this term to describe themselves. In Ge'ez it literally means "House of Israel", it originates from the 4th century CE when the Emperor of Aksum declared Christianity the official religion and the Jewish tribes refused.
I don't know, actually.