Gentile, Jew, or Both?
When Paul wrote letters to numerous groups of Gentiles forming ekklesiae, he divided the world into Gentiles and Jews. Paul shared in the same four characteristics that distinguished Jews from Gentiles during the Second Temple Period. Firstly, Jews like Paul were monotheistic; meanwhile, Gentiles commonly believed in numerous Greco-Roman gods or idols and could be identified as polytheistic. Secondly, Jews were circumcised as a sign of the covenant made with Abraham, but Gentiles…
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