Deuteronomy 14:2
Holy because they were Chosen by God to receive His Word. It is Jewish misinterpretation to think they are holy by virtue of their own merits or nature. The entirety of the Old Testanent itself testifies to the fact that they are overall not a holy people according to their own merits.
Deut 13:13-17
They were not commanded to slaughter "Christians" as Christians as such did not exist under the Old Covenant. They were commanded to slaughter isolators, those worshipping false gods, and such false worship is the worst of all evils, and so God commanded this act of war. This was especially important to do under the Old Covenant while God's Word had not yet been distributed throughout the world, was not yet safeguarded by Christ's Church.
Further, they were not commanded as Jews to slaughter non-Jews; they were commanded as faithful to slaughter the unfaithful.
They were not commanded to slaughter "Christians" as Christians as such did not exist under the Old Covenant.
Jews are commanded to slaughter everyone who isn't Jewish, including Christians.
Jews consider Jesus Christ to be a heretic and Christians to be unfaithful, even by your definition and interpretation.
We have to distinguish between Jews under the Old Law and Jews under the New.
Those under the New who still identify as Jews have as part of their identity the rejection of Christ.
Under the Old Chrust had not yet come, and so formally they could not reject Him. They could still be unfaithful, but this was with respect to the Old Law and what it commanded.
Jews don't recognize the New Law. They consider it heresy.
I'd be willing to bet you are referring to sections of the Talmud, which is the rabbinic law, or the Oral law. This was commentary in response to Christ and the New Covenant. Prior to Christ, there were no rabbis.
This s confusion about the religion, which is a matter to study by itself, but there's also the ethnic issue that the tribes of Israel were scattered, and the tribes of Judah were taken captive. The Jews of the Old Testament no longer exist, properly. I think might disagree with me on this (and I'd be willing to change my views if provided better evidence than what I've seen), but as far as I can tell, the current occupiers of Israel are not the tribe of Judah and are basically mutts of the Jewish diaspora including the Khazarian ashkenazim. I'm tempted to say that Zionism as it stands currently is a massive larp.
I recognize that the Talmud has shaped Jewish culture, law and belief for 3,500 years, however I was basing my argument largely on the Torah.
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