Wednesday, 26 October 2011

The Notion of Jewish Chosenness (video)

As seen in my last, the notion of Jews as the "Chosen People" is subject to widespread misunderstanding, and is of course a potent gift to antisemites.  The religious Israeli speaker in this video attempts to clarify the term and dispel misconceptions.

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4 comments:

  1. ER26 October 2011 at 07:46

    "religious Israeli speaker"=Muslim

    that said, one need not be a follower of Judaism to correctly articulate the biblical concept of "chosenness"...listen, but verify, is all I'm saying

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  2. Daphne Anson26 October 2011 at 18:10

    uh-huh...

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  3. Yosef E.28 October 2011 at 02:37

    ER - are you implying that I am a Muslim, any more than any other Jew who takes Torah seriously is a Muslim? I am a "muslim" ONLY in the sense of one who strives to submit to G-d's Will. Not in the sense of one who tries to serve Allah in accordance with the teachings of Muhammad.

    From -- guy in the video.

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  4. Daphne Anson28 October 2011 at 02:57

    I probably should have rejected that comment, Yosef - it was certainly strange. Luckily, I don't get too many oddball comments on here.

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