One of the earliest known uses of the word "goy" to refer to an individual member of a nation other than Jews was in the Damascus Document, an ancient extrabiblical Hebrew work.
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One of the earliest known uses of the word "goy" to refer to an individual member of a nation other than Jews was in the Damascus Document, an ancient extrabiblical Hebrew work.
Source: tatoeba (12049071)
The biblical "empire" of David and Solomon is not mentioned in any known extrabiblical texts, nor are any of its kings[…]
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