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estimated percentage of Jewish converts to Christianity in the 1st Century A.D.
Category: Miscellaneous Asked by: propp-ga List Price: $25.00 |
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27 Feb 2006 11:38 PST
Expires: 29 Mar 2006 11:38 PST Question ID: 701545 |
In the early period of Christianity, what proportion of Christians were converted Jews. How well represented were converted Jews among the Martyrs and leaders of Christianity? |
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Re: estimated percentage of Jewish converts to Christianity in the 1st Century A.D.
From: probonopublico-ga on 27 Feb 2006 12:35 PST |
Assuming that Christinity was initially a Jewish sect, then pretty well all the early converts would have been Jews. For one thing, there would probably have been a language problem in recruiting others during the early years. So, my guess is 99.999% I cannot imagine who else would have converted. |
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Re: estimated percentage of Jewish converts to Christianity in the 1st Century A.D.
From: pafalafa-ga on 27 Feb 2006 12:50 PST |
I'm not sure that 1st century Jews would have necessarily considered themselves converts to a separate religion. They may have simply seen themselves, still, as Jews that accepted Jesus as the Jewish Messiah. That may be neither here nor there in terms of your question, but I just thought I'd mention it all the same. Cheers, pafalafa-ga |
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Re: estimated percentage of Jewish converts to Christianity in the 1st Century A
From: myoarin-ga on 27 Feb 2006 13:49 PST |
I think that there were quite a few non-Jews that converted. In the Bible this is directly mentioned: the speaking in tongues at Pentacost, when all listeners heard them speaking in their own language (probably not literally*, but maybe the idea was that non-Jews were hearing/understanding the apostles' message); the Roman centurion; discussion of whether converts must be circumcised**; and other things that I can't recall at the moment. Also, the fact that Paul was persecuted and eventually killed by the Romans, suggests that he was not just appealing to Jews. *Greek and Latin were spoken in Palestine, almost certainly to some extent by Paul. **I believe that the decision was that they did not have to circumcised, suggesting that becoming a Christian was not joining a recognized Jewish sect, but maybe someone will correct me on this. |
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