That site refers to the same verses in Deut. that I did and in addition to the incident in Ezra when the Israelites sent the foreign wives and their children away.
NOTHING in either place speaks to Jewishness being matrilinear. In fact the history of the nation is just the opposite per Moses taking a wife from Midian and all of his descendants are counted as part of the nation.
Again it is an invention of Talmudic interpretation.
LOL! I doubt the rabbis care what you may think about Jewishness being matrilinear. The fact of the matter is, that it is.
Good points. I would agree except that we know that Jesus is/was a Jew and if Jewishness is not transferred through the maternal line, then we cannot say He was a Jew. Correct?