Chosen People
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Chosen People refers to a group of people who have been chosen by God to act as God's agent on earth.
In the Jewish Torah, and by extension in the Christian Bible, the phrase "Chosen People" refers to the ancient Hebrews/Israelites. As mentioned in the book of Exodus, the Hebrew people are God's chosen people and from them shall come the Messiah, or redeemer of the human race. The Israelites also possess the "Word of God" and/or Law of God" in the form of the "Torah" as communicated by God to Moses.
Adherrents to Islam make, by the same extension as Christians, the same claim of chosenness by accepting what they see as the validity of the Law of God as told by Moses; as do other religions that build on those same laws.
Choseness does not denote an inherent superiority over others, only a self-imposed higher standard to fulfill God's expectation.
