As a Pharisee

Philippians 3:4–6

Second Half of 1st Century

4[E]‌ven though I, too, have reason for confidence in the flesh.

If anyone else has reason to be confident in the flesh, I have more: 5circumcised on the eighth day, a member of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew born of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; 6as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless

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Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 2: Emerging Judaism.

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