The term Semitic fused biblical genealogy with linguistics and race

Evidence

The concept of the Semite was born when this tradition collided with the Enlightenment; specifically, it was the product of the development of comparative philology. Crucially, however, the aim and the context remained the Bible. — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 636 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: A word’s etymology can embed an entire origin story — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom,…, 946; The Semitic race is an erroneous racial translation of a valid language family; Renan’s comparative philology encoded a racial binary of organic versus inorganic languages — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 371 (+10 more)

Broader Connections

• The Semite concept arose from Enlightenment comparative philology within a biblical frame #corroborates (0.93) — James Renton, Ben Gidley (eds.), Antisemitism and Islamophobia in Europe, 636
• The Semitic race is an erroneous racial translation of a valid language family #expands (0.92)
• Hybridity is cultural combination free of racial referents #complicates (0.72)