Because they're a matrilineal people, the family name isn't important to them like it is to us. Which is kinda weird when you consider how patriarchal the folk in the Old Testament were. Even in New Testament times you had guys like Paul identifying by the tribe of their forefathers.
I looked it up. Matrilineal stuff comes from the Talmud, but of course the find evidence of it from the OT. yet they acknowledge that the priesthood is patriarchal. This must be something they picked up in their extra-Christian excursions: Those portions of jewish history post-Christ that make up part of Judaism but not part of Christianity.
Because they're a matrilineal people, the family name isn't important to them like it is to us. Which is kinda weird when you consider how patriarchal the folk in the Old Testament were. Even in New Testament times you had guys like Paul identifying by the tribe of their forefathers.
I looked it up. Matrilineal stuff comes from the Talmud, but of course the find evidence of it from the OT. yet they acknowledge that the priesthood is patriarchal. This must be something they picked up in their extra-Christian excursions: Those portions of jewish history post-Christ that make up part of Judaism but not part of Christianity.