Origin According to the Torah, the Tribe consisted of Descendants of Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and of Leah. Some biblical scholars view this as an etiological myth created in hindsight to explain the tribe's name and connect it to the other tribes in the Israelite confederation.Jewish Encyclopedia With Leah as a matriarch, biblical scholars regard the tribe as having been believed by the text's authors to have been part of the original Israelite confederation.
origin according to the torah the tribe consisted of descendants of judah the fourth son of jacob and of leah some biblical scholars view this as an etiological myth created in hindsight to explain the tribe's name and connect it to the other tribes in the israelite confederationjewish encyclopedia with leah as a matriarch biblical scholars regard the tribe as having been believed by the text's authors to have been part of the original israelite confederation