[hosepipe]

[.. There is nothing here to suggest the Greeks could join without circumcision, or dietary restrictions. Nothing short of becoming fully Jewish. Either you were a Jew or a Gentile. ..]

Fully Jewish?.. The Ark was long gone, with it's occupant..
And the Veil was about to be split.. vertically.. and maybe horizonally as well.. it was over..

Only thing left was a religion.. legality and a mental God..
You know the way it "IS" with all religions..
God is NOT a moron.. and the Talmud is not the Bible..

[kosta50]

Fully Jewish?.. The Ark was long gone, with it's occupant..Only thing left was a religion.. legality and a mental God...and the Talmud is not the Bible..

Funny, Christ never said all that was left of Judaism He believed in was "legality and mental God." But if you insist...(Talmud wasn't around for a few more centuries...)

He also never said anything about "grafting" Gentiles to the vine, sans circumcision and dietary restrictions. All that comes as an afterthought (in Epistles and Acts).