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 :::::::: Of course, you are right, this encyclopaedia must represent the mainstream view. That Jesus was ""Jewish"" is a mainstream view, but regardless that word is quite ""edgy"" and somewhat controversial in an objective context. For example, a Finnish book-lexicon of mine defines Jesus in the first sentence as (roughly translated) ""the originator of Christianity and the central character of its thoughtworld. He was born..."" It sums up the essence of his history as simple as that. Thus My question remains; what about Jacob, Moses, Samuel, Saul, Jeremiah... since they are much less controversially ""Jewish"" in the mainstream view?"