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Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS
LOL. The Bible says that Paul/Saul's a Jew--or identified as a Jew.
Scholarly sources confirm that but aren't the go-to for everything. I can't believe I just said that. Yeah, I can because this is one topic that journal abstracts are not needed.  |
I agree with you wholeheartedly. I only searched via Google Scholar for articles because I thought there might be some new research that I wasn't aware of by iconoclastic scholars of ancient religion that argue that Paul wasn't a Jew. But I couldn't find anything suggesting otherwise.
Messianic Jews and Jews for Jesus... actually some Messianic Jews would not like to be associated with Jews for Jesus which is a specific organization with goals that some don't like. "Messianic Jew" is a broader category whereas Jews for Jesus is often filled with volunteers who have always been Christian.
An amazing woman, a Messianic Jew, lived next to me in the dorms my freshman year of college. She really schooled me on the political and cultural issues affecting Messianic Jews... she ultimately transferred to a university in Israel.
Another thing I've seen a lot of buzz about lately is Christians becoming interested in Jewish practice and ritual and beginning to do Jewish rituals in their churches or else attending synagogues...