Just a note, but actually relevant to the main topic of the thread: > Judaism is folk religion of the Israelites, ... In the Hebrew Bible, the tribe of Judah

Just a note, but actually relevant to the main topic of the thread: > Judaism is folk religion of the Israelites, ... In the Hebrew Bible, the tribe of Judah was just one of twelve tribes. Nowadays, the Samaritans still consider themselves distinct from the Jews with different tribal lineage.