Endnote 6 – Paul and Judaism: 5 Puzzles

As Watson sees it, in the pertinent texts of Galatians and Philippians, Paul was arguing the case for viewing the Church as a sect outside Judaism. In Romans, one of Paul’s goals was to persuade Jewish Christians to recognize the legitimacy of the gentile-Christian congregation and to join with it in worship. This action, on the part of Jewish Christians, would inevitably mean a final separation for them also from the synagogue.