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Who Are the Real Chosen People?: The Meaning of Choseness in Judaism, Christianity and Islam Not Your Mama's Marjory Zoet Bankson explores theWhat Does It Mean to Be "Chosen"? Why Did God Have to Choose? To be chosen can have a range of meaning from the mundane to the holy, but in all cases it means to be singled out and preferred over others. In a deep sense that permeates much or most of Western culture, having been chosen communicates a sense of something that is extraordinary, is transcendent, and entitles a reward. What is assumed in this sense of the term is that God has done the