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Originally Posted by martinguerre
if he's from nazereth, he's maybe an isrealite...as that's quite far to the north, where the people were largely displaced long ago in the assyrian invasion. if Matt and Luke are right about his line, then he's a Judean.
but he is part of the larger conversation of those who worship YHWH, which makes him Hebrew.
only later does Judean start getting translated as "Jew."
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Well let me explain my reasoning. If one were to ask you the main difference between Judism and Christianity, what would your answer be? Mine would be that the Christians believe that Jesus of Nazereth is the messiah, and Jews do not. Jesus knew He was the messiah (according to the Bible), therefore Jesus was Christian. You might call Jesus the first Christian. He was raised by Jewish parents, but He was Christian. The Christian church broke off from Judism because the Christians believed that Jesus was God's son, and the Jews politely disagreed.
Forgive my earlier misuse of the label "Israeli". I did mean Israelite. I don't think the disagreement was about his ethnicity or lineage, though.