Re: Jews: A Religious Community, a People, or a Race?
I would not say that, Breogan. The chosenist element in Judaism isn't different from the ethno-centrism of most pagan religions (the real ones, of course, not the modern versions). What differentiates them is that the Jews have maintained this in the modern world.
"Men make gods in their own image; those of the Ethiopians are black and snub-nosed, those of the Thracians have blue eyes and red hair."
-Xenophon
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