ramoss - Paul , it appears, was vastly influenced by the majority religion of Tarsus. That is not Judaism. That is not the religionous upbringing of Jesus.
Jabez - is there any extra-biblical evidence that could lead one to believe Paul was raised in Tarsus. I ask this because Paul said in Acts 22:3 "I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia,
but brought up in this city. Under Gamaliel I was thoroughly trained in the law of our fathers and was just as zealous for God as any of you are today." Paul was in Jerusalem when he said this.
In Acts 23:6 Paul says "Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, "My brothers, I am a Pharisee,
the son of a Pharisee. I stand on trial because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead." Paul would have been brought up in a Jewish home and his Father would have not tolerated him going after foreign religions, nor would Paul have made it as a Pharisee unless he practiced Judaeism legalistically.
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