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  2. Jews as the chosen people - Wikipedia

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    Bringing evidence from the Bible itself, he argues that God's choice of Israel was not unique (he had chosen other nations before choosing the Hebrew nation) and that the choice of the Jews is neither inclusive (it does not include all of the Jews, but only the 'pious' ones) nor exclusive (it also includes 'true gentile prophets'). Finally, he ...

  3. Chosen people - Wikipedia

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    In Judaism, "chosenness" is the belief that the Jews, via descent from the ancient Israelites, are the chosen people, i.e., chosen to be in a covenant with God.The idea of the Israelites being chosen by God is found most directly in the Book of Deuteronomy, [4] where it is applied to Israel at Mount Sinai upon the condition of their acceptance of the Mosaic covenant between themselves and God.

  4. Covenant (biblical) - Wikipedia

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    The Hebrew Bible makes reference to a number of covenants (Hebrew: בְּרִיתוֹת) with God ().These include the Noahic Covenant set out in Genesis 9, which is decreed between God and all living creatures, as well as a number of more specific covenants with Abraham, the whole Israelite people, the Israelite priesthood, and the Davidic lineage of kings.

  5. Supersessionism - Wikipedia

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    Paul the Apostle is often cited by those who believe that Israelite religious law is no longer needed in observance.. Supersessionism, also called replacement theology [1] and fulfillment theology [citation needed] by its proponents, is the Christian doctrine that the Christian Church has superseded the Jewish people, assuming their role as God's covenanted people, [2] thus asserting that the ...

  6. Antisemitism and the New Testament - Wikipedia

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    The Children of Israel were God's original chosen people by virtue of an ancient covenant, but by rejecting Jesus they forfeited their chosenness - and now, by virtue of a New Covenant (or "testament"), Christians have replaced the Jews as God's chosen people, the Church having become the "People of God."

  7. Torah - Wikipedia

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    The Ancestral history (chapters 12–50) tells of the prehistory of Israel, God's chosen people. [28] At God's command Noah's descendant Abraham journeys from his home into the God-given land of Canaan, where he dwells as a sojourner, as does his son Isaac and his grandson Jacob.

  8. ‘The Chosen’ star Jonathan Roumie on the pressure ... - AOL

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    Based on the Bible, the series is set primarily in first century Judaea and Galilee. Its creators say more than 200 million people have seen at least one episode of the show on streaming services ...

  9. Book of Genesis - Wikipedia

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    The ancestral history (chapters 12–50) tells of the prehistory of Israel, God's chosen people. [7] At God's command, Noah's descendant Abraham journeys from his birthplace (described as Ur of the Chaldeans and whose identification with Sumerian Ur is tentative in modern scholarship) into the God-given land of Canaan, where he dwells as a ...