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From: goddard@rochester.UUCP (Nigel Goddard)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: What means "chosen"?
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Date: Sat, 5-Oct-85 03:01:38 EDT
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Frank Silbermann asks about the meaning of Jews being G*ds chosen people.
While not being Jewish myself, the explanation I have heard from Jewish
friends goes like this:

The Jews are the chosen people in the sense that they have chosen to
follow G*ds law.

This interpretation fits well with the more theological stuff I've
heard from rabbis, and obviously any convert, by choosing to become
a Jew, automatically joins the ranks of those who have chosen.

Anyone else have other views ?

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