what is a jew? there are multiple, at times conflicting definitions around, and let us look at everyone of them the ethnic modern jews: according to this definition its simply the modern ethnic group of jews. to note here is that the best case to make is that they are of edomitic descent (pic related), excluding the israelites from this definition the followers of judaism: this defines jews by their adherence to judaism. to understand here is that judaism descents from phariseeism which christ denounced as hypocritical heresies. so at least as christian one can not hold that the prophets, the forefathers or (most of) israel or christ were jews. the descendents of israel/jacob according to this everyone is a jew that descends from israel, however here we need to understand that this again excludes the modern jews, descending from jacobs twinbrother, esau, who fornicated with the canaanites. a descendent of judah this is basically the same as the previous, only that it excludes the other 11 tribes as well. but here again the modern jews for the same reason. a citizen of the state of judea/judah this is what the term "ioudaios" or "iudaeorum" commonly in the bible translated as "jews". at the time of jesus a multitude of people were inhabiting judea due to the babylonian captivity, the conquering of edom, and rome conquering judeah and thus be regarded is "ioudaios", or judean in modern term. this is the only definition that includes israel, christ as well as those we call jews today alike. in current discourse, and especially by shills its always assumed and claimed these are all interchangable
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