[captain_dave]

You are totally, way off base. Every group determines their own membership requirements. Christians determine who's a Christian. So, Jews determine who is Jewish. Your opinions on the Old Testament or the Prophets, while interesting, have no bearing on the membership rules.

The terms "Jew", "Hebrew" and "Israelite" (as opposed to "Israeli") are synonymous.

[Just mythoughts]

"You are totally, way off base. Every group determines their own membership requirements. Christians determine who's a Christian. So, Jews determine who is Jewish. Your opinions on the Old Testament or the Prophets, while interesting, have no bearing on the membership rules."

As a follower of CHRIST, He sets the rules by which I follow and thus I do not follow traditions of man.

Christ said I have foretold you all things and those Prophets from Moses who penned Genesis, forward tell what is required to have the Heavenly Father's membership card.

Most Christians have no clue what we are foretold by those prophets from the Beginning to the END.

But hey man does like his traditions, nothing new under the sun about that.

[Tamar1973]

The terms "Jew", "Hebrew" and "Israelite" (as opposed to "Israeli") are synonymous.

There are Orthodox Jews who would state otherwise.

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