The notion has always been offensive to non-Jews, but it shouldn't be You ... The greatest scandal of particularity is that God has a Chosen People. He created a people for Himself — a marginal ...

The pilgrim Magi remind us that we too are invited to be humble enough to see something new. They help us realize that there is always more to discover in God's mysteries.

According to the old Christian doctrine of “supersessionism,” the sinful Jews were no longer worthy of their identity as “Israel,” and their place as God’s chosen people was supplanted b ...

Jews feared being exposed to their faith ... in Jerusalem being turned into a pagan shrine. Judah Maccabee saw God’s chosen people being erased from the earth and staged a rebellion that ...

The Jews, God’s chosen people, believed that a Messiah would come to save them. The land of Palestine was ruled by the Romans, and many Jews expected the Messiah to be a military figure who ...