RT Article
T1 The Iudai͂os in Romans: First to the Gentile-Become-Jew, Then Also to the Gentile-as-Gentile
JF The catholic biblical quarterly
VO 86
IS 1
SP 124
OP 143
A1 Rodríguez, Rafael 1977-
LA English
PB Catholic Biblical Association of America
YR 2024
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1882366778
AB Pauline scholars have read ὁ Ἰουδαῖος in Romans as a native-born Jew who stands over and against τὰ ἔθνη ("the nations," or "gentiles"). The ethnonym Ἰουδαῖος, however, applied also to proselytes, to non-Jews who became Jews. Paul lived in a world in which Ἰουδαῖος applied to people Paul did not accept as Ἰουδαῖοι. In Paul's view, being a Ἰουδαῖος is an immutable, genealogical identity unavailable to anyone not born a Ἰουδαῖος. In some cases, the Ἰουδαῖος in Romans 1-3 is a so-called (or self-styled) "Jew." Paul demonstrates how gentiles' efforts at becoming a Jew (sans scare quotes) nevertheless leaves them closer to the gentile-as-gentile than to the native-born Jew.
K1 Jewish Identity
K1 Paul
K1 Romans
K1 Conversion
K1 Ethnicity
K1 Gentiles
K1 Ἰουδαῖος