What even makes an Israelite?
Doesn't it require paternal lineage, according to the Torah? It does. The modern Jews use maternal lineage. They obviously don't subscribe to the Torah.
None of them are Jews or Israelites.
What even makes an Israelite?
Doesn't it require paternal lineage, according to the Torah? It does. The modern Jews use maternal lineage. They obviously don't subscribe to the Torah.
None of them are Jews or Israelites.
The modern Jews have no legitimate claim to the Israelite bloodline. They claim to have maternal lineage, but that's nothing according to the Torah, which says paternal lineage.
The Pharisees had the closest theology and nearly perfect bloodline.