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Was Jesus a Jew (and why does it matter)?
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Was Jesus a Jew (and why does it matter)?

I was taught that Jesus was a Jew, that Jews are God's chosen people, and Israel is God's chosen land. However, none of it is biblically true.

It’s about unravelling false doctrine and finding the biblical truth. Asking whether Jesus was a Jew offends both Christians and Jews, and I don’t know why. Furthermore, such a question has nothing to do with hatred, anti-Semitism, or anything like that.

Jews (or ‘Jews’) called for his execution and have rejected his Messianic status for 2,000 years, so they don’t care about him at all. The Talmud, which is the rabbinical foundation to Judaism, has the following to say about Jesus:

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