Daryl Cooper aka Martyr Made did a post that discussed this recently on his sub stack. Essentially, they're jealous as they consider themselves the chosen, but also bitter from recent losses to Rome, and the idea of forming a covenant with them was repulsive to a sect of Jewish zealots.

Daryl Cooper aka Martyr Made did a post that discussed this recently on his sub stack. Essentially, they're jealous as they consider themselves the chosen, but also bitter from recent losses to Rome, and the idea of forming a covenant with them was repulsive to a sect of Jewish zealots.