Statement

The mission to Gentiles without requiring the law of Moses created tension inside the circle of Jewish believers itself: the issue was not only theological but communal, about who belonged to renewed Israel and on what terms.

References

1. p. 115

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   Efron, Lehmann and Weitzman. The Jews: A History. 3rd edition. New York and Abingdon: Routledge, 2019.

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2. p. 3

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   Skarsaune and Hvalvik. Jewish Believers in Jesus: The Early Centuries. Hendrickson, 2007. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers, 2007.

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