Statement

In ancient sources the usual division is ethnic: believers 'from the Jews' and 'from the Gentiles'. Over time 'Christian' came to sound, to many Jewish ears, like something Gentile and non-Jewish; for that reason many modern Jewish believers resent the label 'Jewish Christian'.

References

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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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