Article: The Apostle Paul, Christian Jew: Faithfulness and Law

Edwin D. Freed, The Apostle Paul, Christian Jew: Faithfulness and Law (Lanham/New York/London: University Press of America, 1994). Pp. [xvi] + 256. Cloth $49.50; paper $32.50.

Edwin Freed claims that Paul's undisputed letters are dominated by two interrelated concerns, (1) fidelity to the God of Israel, and (2) the need to manifest fidelity by moral or ethical conduct. F. believers that Paul's central concern was that Gentile converts would revert to the immorality of their former lifestyles. He insists that while Paul rejected the idea that Gentile male converts should be circumcised or that any Gentile convert should follow the Jewish ceremonial and dietary regulations, he presumed that ...

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