I challenge anyone to present an alternate explanation as to why Jews' existed before Jesus, and in Babylon, etc, because..

The word Jew and Jewish does not exist in the Hebrew bible

Jews didn't exist in Babylon

To be a Jew, you have to follow Judaism which did not originate until 100 years after Jesus' time. Therefore it is anachronistic to conclude that Jesus was a Jew

Judaism evolved from Phariseeism, the Pharisees were not Jews, they followed Phariseeism which you could argue is an early form of Judaism, but is not Judaism and they were not Jews

If you think Jews existed prior to Jesus, then show us evidence of Judaism in particular existing prior to the Pharisees, which originated during Second Temple 'Judaism'

Chat GPT admits its mistake when questioned about second temple Judaism, stating that Judaism did not exist during Second Temple Judaism

Judaism originated 100 years after Jesus, thus proving that Jews did not exist until after Jesus' time, putting a large hole in the logic of many people who claim 'Jesus was a Jew' or refer to 'Ancient Jews' before Jesus' time

There was an original faith that Judaism later developed from, but Christianity did not develop from Judaism