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There is no contradiction here: Jews (descendants of Judah, son of Jacob=Israel) were living at least 15 centuries before Jesus Christ. Jesus was also a Jew and

• Minor49er 5y ago
  Many Christian denominations believe that they are the "true Jews" because they have followed Jesus who was fulfilling scriptural prophecy. Since the divergence, Christians have adopted the books of the New Testament as part of their sacred scripture. Meanwhile, Jews (that is, modern Jews, not the Judeans that have been translated as "Jews") have adopted the books of the Talmud. Saying that one is older than the other is like saying that homo sapiens are homininae that are older than gorillas because the names are similar when that's simply where both began.
  • pulse7 5y ago
    Galatians 3:29: "And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise."
    • Minor49er 5y ago
      And just before that: "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus." Jews were originally God's chosen people, but since the coming of Jesus, which fulfilled their scripture, the rules changed to make the faithful God's chosen instead