Was Paul a Jew?
A new generation of scholars argues that the apostle long considered the progenitor of anti-Semitism never left his religion
| 7:00 AM Nov 11, 2009
Jews don’t like the apostle Paul. Jesus they can live with; he was a good-hearted rebbe whose words were twisted to say things he didn’t mean. But Paul was the twister, and can’t be forgiven. “Jesus, yes; Paul, never!” as one Jewish biographer of Paul puts it. As a zealous convert who equated the Torah ...