Turkic tribe is a theory. The Bulgarian identity that unifies Bulgars, Slavs, Thracians, etc and gives them one Slavic Bulgarian language exists since 864(Christianization of Bulgaria). That's 1,156 years of a distinct Bulgarian identity that remains almost unchanged since it's creation.
Ancient Macedon kingdom existed from 808 BC to 168 BC. Ancient Macedonians spoke a Doric dialect of Greek -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pella_curse_tablet . Alexander created a big Greek cultured empire. It didn't last for long but it's remnants are more than clearly Greek -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Seleucid_rulers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-...ure_in_Bactria
Somehow 2,000 years later, the Macedonian identity is revived and it's no longer Greek, but Slavic. I think that the fact that the Macedonian identity and culture appeared almost out of nowhere after 2,000 years and also magically transformed into not only Slavic, but The Original First Slavic Cyril And Methodius Macedonians 4 Life, is the biggest sign that Jesus is Macedonian. Hallelujah!
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