The holy faith of reformed samaritanism

Why do the followers of Reformed Samaritanism consider themselves to be “Hebrew believers”? Why 
not simply “Jewish believers”? 
Ancient Israelite believers never considered themselves to be “Jewish” (unless they were also members of 
the tribe of “Yehudah”, from which the word “Yew”, or “Jew”, derives). Back then, no matter what tribe a 
person belonged to (Levite, Ephraimite, Danite, etc) he would consider himself to be a follower of “the 
Hebrew Religion”. And that's why Scripture quotes prophet Jonah (peace be upon him) bearing witness to the
fact that he wasn't a Jew, but rather a Hebrew. As is written: “... I AM AN HEBREW; and [therefore] I fear 
the Lord, the God of heaven...”- Jonah 1:9 (King James Bible). 
In fact, the word “Jewish” is not even once mentioned in the five books of Moses. Why isn't it even 
prophetically mentioned within God's Law? Maybe because it would come to be a term associated with 
rebellion against the Creator; a term associated with stubbornness, and exile; a term used to identify the 
surviving Hebrew believers from among the [chastised] southern kingdom of Judah. 
So, technically speaking, a person who doesn't belong to the tribe of Judah (or Benjamin), cannot call himself
“Jewish” (no matter what religion he belongs to). But, if that same person wholeheartedly chooses to 
embrace God's Law, he can rightly start to call himself “a Hebrew believer”. 
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And whence do we get that the Creator bears witness of the former? We get it from the English translation of 
the Hebrew verse that goes on to say: “And if THY BROTHER, AN HEBREW MAN, OR AN HEBREW 
WOMAN, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from
thee”- Deuteronomy 15:12. 
Notice how God doesn’t describe the individual member of His holy people as being “AN JEWISH MAN”, 
or “AN JEWISH WOMAN”; Rather, He describes them as “AN HEBREW MAN”, or “AN HEBREW 
WOMAN”. So, instead of becoming “a Jewish male believer”, or “a Jewish female believer”, a person 
should strive to become “a Hebrew male believer", or “a Hebrew female believer”.