REL 2120 Lecture : REL2120 Lecture3
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Lecture 3: the earliest dispute with jews is recorded in the 15th chapter of the old. Paul (a recent convert) and they had a discussion about this dispute. The ruling was that new converts, non-jewish, would not have to observe the entire jewish law, only certain practices. These were described as abstinence from fornication, and then a modified form of abstaining from foods not kosher: the chief missionary of the new group was an active participant in the meeting at which this rule was made. There is no indication that he was acting with the majority. As a result as the great success of. Paul in winning new members for the faith, by the time the new. Testament gospels were composed, the ethnic composition of the first century church had changed rapidly. Jewish majority, but a very small jewish minority was a very large gentile majority.
