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real circumcision
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Key Notes
Jiang says Paul may be blatant about Roman connections because he is also working for Jewish leadership as a double or triple agent.
Paul redefines circumcision from a physical covenant into a matter of heart and spirit.
This rhetorical shift lets Gentiles enter the movement without adopting Jewish bodily law.
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"Okay, so he's saying, so he's convincing some Jewish leaders to convert, right? But not all convert, and so Paul gets pissed off and..."
"The thing that you have to remember with spies is they have no loyalties. They are double agents, they are triple agents, okay? They're..."
"...definition of the word. We're changing the idea of the word. Circumcision is a covenant between the Jews and God. And what Paul says,..."
"...the law will condemn you that have the written code and circumcision but break the law. For a person is not a Jew, who..."
Relevant Lectures And Readings
Jesus arrives as a poor prophet of the inner spark; Paul turns that spark into belief, obedience, ritual, hierarchy, and a machine that can outlive Rome.
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