Edwin Firmage, Jr., argues that "Jew" in 1 Nephi 1:2 is anachronistic.
Edwin Firmage, Jr., “Historical Criticism and the Book of Mormon: A Personal Encounter,” in American Apocrypha: Essays on the Book of Mormon, ed. Dan Vogel and Brent Lee Metcalfe (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002), 15n.2
The anachronistic reference to “Jews” is worth noting but remains tangential to the present discussion.