Statement

These people called themselves 'yehudiyin', a term many scholars translate as 'Jews', and there are good reasons for doing so: they worshiped Yahweh (Yaho in the Elephantine texts), bore names with a Yahwistic element and observed holy days such as the Sabbath and Passover.

Ancient witnesses mentioned by the sourcePapiros de Elefantina

References

1. p. 33

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   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

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