Jew (word) Jew (word) The English term Jew originates in the Biblical Hebrew word "Yehudi", meaning "from the Kingdom of Judah", or "Jew". It passed into Greek as "Ioudaios" and Latin as "Iudaeus", which evolved into the Old French "giu" after the letter "d" was dropped. A variety of related forms are found in early English from about the year 1000, including "Iudea", "Gyu", "Giu", "Iuu", "Iuw", and "Iew", which eventually developed into the modern word. According to the Book of Genesis, Judah (, "Yehudah") was the name of the fourth son of the patriarch Jacob. During the Exodus, the name was
Occupational science led by Elizabeth Yerxa, who had been influenced by the work of graduate students under the supervision of Mary Reilly at the same university. Since its formal beginning at that time, which coincided with the establishment of a Ph.D.program in Occupational Science at USC; occupational science has evolved as an important way to expand empirical knowledge underlying the profession of occupational therapy. Occupational science was developed by occupational therapists who drew from original ideas predating the founding of occupational therapy. It is thus considered to be a developing or emerging academic discipline. The substrates (or underlying dimensions) of occupation ("form",