distinctive characteristics of the sub-group. The members of each sub-group of Jews shared some characteristics with other mammals, other primates, other humans, other Jews, and other members of their sub-group. And, needless to say, all the members were individuals. The question of common and distinctive characteristics, however, which is frequently complicated in botany and biology, becomes even more complex when we consider human social groupings. There will sometimes be no one decisive feature that places
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