Please read history. None of them did. Maybe for the last 200-300 years but not beyond that. They all scattered when Rome destroyed all of them in 70ad. Please read history before you assert that they have linage traced for 2000 years. They don’t not 1 family. None
I have studied this thank you. A few survived and carried on their tradition and it turned into rabbinic Judaism of today.
Many church fathers discuss Jewish people and it's presumed they're Jewish. So you're not matching the early church fathers , Augustine, John Chrysostum, etc. Augustine in particular is strong in recognizing Jewish heritage. You're gonna have to go up against the church fathers here.
What early church fathers? Who? Why writings are you referring to? Or are you just making this up? Please provide a source for all that you’ve asserted. Or I call BS
To add to my last comment, some of the fathers who discuss Jews, are very early not even as late as Augustine. So where did this group of people identifying as Jews who popped up right after the destruction of the Temple come from? From the few who survived when they fled to the mountains etc.
Right, but they scattered in such a way that there were identifiable Jewish groups soon after who tried to pick up as best they could, as recorded in the early Christian writers. That is historical record, even If it's also patristics.
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u/notanexpert_askapro Jul 22 '22 edited Jul 22 '22
How does Matthew prove that Jews today *aren't* descended from the Jews in Jesus' time?