Was Abraham Father of the Jews or of Humanity?

Bill_II · September 17, 2022, 3:48pm

From the Jewish Study Bible

According to the NJPS translation (which reads against the cantillation tradition marked by the signs in the Masoretic biblical text which serve as punctuation marks as well as musical notations), a small remnant will repent after the disaster; from this kernel the nation will be renewed. The renewal involves not exiles who return from afar but survivors who remain in the land. Thus Isaiah’s notion of renewal differs from the vision of renewal in Ezek., Jer., and Second Isaiah, which involve exile and return from exile. Alternatively (and in accordance with the cantillation), the first half of the v. can be translated much more negatively: “And when a tenth are left, they will again be burned.” In this rendering, the few survivors are subject to additional disaster. The second half is also obscure, but it seems to refer to the fact that renewed life can come out of the stump of terebinth and oak trees. Here the notion of the remnant that is saved from a devastating calamity does appear, however subtly.

This verse is talking about a Jewish remnant, i.e. biological descendents, who will repent and rebuild the nation. And you can cherry pick verses all you want and try to make them say something that they don’t. I go by what the OT says overall.

Jesus was a descendent of King David so He would certainly be considered the seed of Abraham.

I thought you said Jews had been exterminated. How then are they persecuted? You need to get your story straight. And no this has nothing to do with their persecution. You sometimes sound like you approve of their persecution.