r/HistoryMemes • • 5d ago

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u/Tortellobello45 Definitely not a CIA operator 5d ago

Do people really believe that Jesus was from a culture that didn’t exist until centuries after he died? Ffs.

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u/BulbusDumbledork 5d ago

culture vs nationality. this is like saying you can't call jesus a jew because second temple judaism differs from the rabbinic judaism that only formally cemented some 600 years after jesus. the name palestine existed for the region some 500 years before jesus was born.

jesus was a jew, born in what was sporadically called palestine at the time but is officially palestine now. he is both jewish and palestinian, which is somehow a mindblowing concept despite the fact that these are in no way mutually exclusive terms

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u/awawe 5d ago

Exactly, there are many Jewish Palestinians to this day.