Were Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Moses Jews?

[et_pb_section bb_built="1"][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text _builder_version="3.11"]Were Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Moses Jews? The vast majority of people believe that this is true and educated Jewish people will tell you that this is true. But does that actually make it true?  The primary confusion here is the confusion between Judaism, the religion,  and the descendants of Judah.Abraham was the father of Isaac. Isaac was the father of Jacob, who was later called Israel. Jacob or Israel had twelve sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, As[/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][/et_pb_section]