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Over the past three thousand years, the name '''"Israel"''' has meant in common and religious usage both: 1) the [[w:Land of Israel|Land of Israel]], also called the [[w:Canaan|Land of Canaan]], constituting the [[w:Promised Land|Promised Land]] forming part of the Abrahamic, Jacob and Israel covenants, as well as referring to the modern state of [[w:Israel|Israel]]; and also 2) the entire Jewish nation, an ethnoreligious group originating in the [[w:Israelites|Israelites]] (Twelve Tribes) or [[w:Hebrews|Hebrews]] of the Ancient Near East.
With the [[New Testament|New Covenant]], the [[Orthodox Church|Church]] of [[Jesus Christ]] becomes the New Israel, becomming the fulfillment of the Old Israel.
==Old Testament==
