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Tuesday, 21 October 2014

Jews, Gentiles and Circumcision in Early Christianity

Contesting Conversion: Genealogy, Circumcision, and Identity in Ancient Judaism and Christianity,
Matthew Thiessen, OUP, 2011, page 113

Circumcison, and by extension the law as a whole, pertains only to Jews (including Jewish believers in Jesus), not to Gentiles, whether or not they are believers in Jesus.

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