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God's chosen people

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  • CHOSEN PEOPLE — CHOSEN PEOPLE, a common designation for the people of Israel, expressing the idea that the people of Israel stands in a special and unique relationship to the universal deity. This idea has been a central one throughout the history of Jewish… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • chosen people — (often caps.) the Israelites. Ex. 19. [1525 35] * * * ▪ Judaism       the Jewish people, as expressed in the idea that they have been chosen by God as his special people. The term implies that the Jewish people have been chosen by God to worship… …   Universalium

  • Chosen people — Throughout history and even today various groups of people have considered themselves as chosen by a deity for some purpose such as to act as the deity s agent on earth. In monotheistic faiths, like Abrahamic religions, references to God (or… …   Wikipedia

  • chosen people — noun any people believing themselves to be chosen by God • Hypernyms: ↑people • Hyponyms: ↑Hebrews, ↑Israelites * * * noun Usage: often capitalized C&P : a people that is considered or that considers itself to be chosen especially by God as his… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Chosen People —    This term refers to God s decision in the Old Testament to chose Abraham and his descendants to be the recipients of divine Revelation and so to play a unique role in salvation history; thus, their descendants, the Jewish people, are God s… …   Glossary of theological terms

  • Jews as a chosen people — In Judaism, chosenness is the belief that the Jews are the chosen people: chosen to be in a covenant with God. This idea is first found in the Torah (five books of Moses) and is elaborated on in later books of the Hebrew Bible. Much is written… …   Wikipedia

  • chosen people — selected people, group of people who have been elected; people of Israel, people who were Biblically chosen to carry God s word …   English contemporary dictionary

  • GOD — IN THE BIBLE The Bible is not a single book, but a collection of volumes composed by different authors living in various countries over a period of more than a millennium. In these circumstances, divergencies of emphasis (cf. Kings with… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • God — This article is about the term God in the context of monotheism and henotheism. For the general polytheistic concept, see Deity. For God in the context of various religions, see an index of pages beginning in God in . For other uses, see God… …   Wikipedia

  • God the Father — In many religions, the supreme deity (God) is given the title and attributions of Father . In many forms of polytheism, the highest god has been conceived as a father of gods and of men . In the Israelite religion and modern Judaism, God is… …   Wikipedia

  • GOD, NAMES OF — Various Hebrew terms are used for God in the Bible. Some of these are employed in both the generic and specific sense; others are used only as the personal name of the God of Israel. Most of these terms were employed also by the Canaanites, to… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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