There is no such thing as a Semitic people or Semitic race.
Indeed, as there is no "Semitic race," it is both ignorant and racist to use the term in reference to Arab peoples.
The Romanian scholar sought to redefine the concept of a "Semitic race", which he described as fluid and independent of Jewishness.
Expanding on his own interpretation of "Semitic race" concepts, Sanielevici distinguished between the Jews, who belonged to several races, and the Semites, only some of whom were Jewish.
Steinschneider used this phrase to characterize Ernest Renan's ideas about how "Semitic races" were inferior to "Aryan races."
Racial anti-Semites saw the Jews as part of a Semitic race and emphasized their non-European origins and culture.
They also offer his answer to antisemitism, including his case, relying on proof of Jewish exogamy, against all theories about a distinct Semitic race.
Salih was born before Abraham and the Edomites were a Semitic race.
Anti-Semites of the völkisch movement were the first to describe themselves as such, because they viewed Jews as part of a Semitic race that could never be properly assimilated into German society.
Concept of a "Semitic race"