>>12975954This can be proven with only secular information as shown above plus with the Greek writer Strabo.
Easier though is to read Macabees 1 and 2. They will show you who those Judahites were related to.
The Dorian Greeks, (Sparta)
and then Josephus: The Jewish Wars and History of the Jews
The Judahite historian Flavius Josephus describes how the Idumeans (Edomites) became known as “Judeans” through a forced conversion imposed by John Hyrcanus, who was the ruler of Judea around 130 BC:
"Hyrcanus took also Dora and Marissa, cities of Idumea, and subdued all the Idumeans [Edomites]; and permitted them to stay in that country, if they would circumcise their genitals, and make use of the laws of the Judeans; and they were so desirous of living in the country of their forefathers, that they submitted to the use of circumcision, 25 and of the rest of the Judean ways of living; at which time therefore this befell them, that they were hereafter no other than Judeans."
This is very significant because it explains how the race of Edomites became “Judeans” or citizens of Judea.
This explains what happpend in Judea between 150BC where Maccabees ends and when Jesus was born.
It completely explains in detail who EXACTLY the Jews are. Edomites.
