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> Being Jewish, and having some Jewish DNA: are they the same thing? Judaism is based on matrilineal descent, so depending on where the DNA comes from, yes.
by endtime 2y ago
> Being Jewish, and having some Jewish DNA: are they the same thing?
Judaism is based on matrilineal descent, so depending on where the DNA comes from, yes.
- tlogan 2y agoI’m really confused by this argument. How does it account for the Apostle Paul?
- User23 2y agoJewishness by matrilineal descent was a later Rabbinic innovation, probably around the third century. In Paul’s day it was still patrilineal. Even today your tribe is patrilineal.
- aksss 2y agoI’m confused by your question. Paul was from Tarsus, a Roman citizen, and brought Christianity to the gentiles/goyim, but was himself a Jew, from a Jewish family, and of long Jewish descent. Maybe I’m not understanding the implications in GP that you’re seeing? But I’m interested in seeing what you’re seeing.
- endtime 2y agoIt's not an argument, it's just a definitional thing, and I don't know much about Christianity or Paul but I don't see why it should have to "account" for him.
- wslh 2y agoAlmost anyone could convert to Judaism but Judaism is not a proselitist religion.
- netdevnet 2y agoWhat exactly do you mean by "where there DNA comes from"? I smell some kind of biology oversimplification here but I will hear you first
- endtime 2y agoWhether it comes from the mother or father; matrilineal in this context means that you're Jewish if your mother is Jewish.