>>14452327yes and even the Greeks knew that the (Jews) Edomites were not Judahites or Isrealites.
>keep in mind this was BEFORE there was ONE Christian aliveEdomites of Canaanite arabid blood
"The western extremities of Judæa towards Casius are occupied by Idumæans(Edomites), and by the lake [Sirbonis], The Idumæans (Edomites) are Nabatæans (Arabs-Mixed Race), when driven from their country by sedition, they passed over to the Judaeans ((The Kingdom of Judah Judahites (Israelites)), and adopted their customs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabataeanshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IdumaeansTranslation: The Jews (Edomites by tribe and Arab by Race) moved into the Kingdom of Judea.
(They murdered the last Judean Isrealite King John Hyrcanus II.)
-Strabo, Geography 16.2.34 (23 AD)
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Strabo/16B*.htmlStrabo was a Greek Historian that lived between 63 BC – 24 AD
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StraboThey [Edomites] killed Hyrcanus four years later and then they kicked out all the Judahites from the Temple.
-- Josephus (Antiquities XV, 6, 1)