The Apostle Paul went from being a devout Jew, one of God's chosen people, to an enthusiastic missionary for the Jesus movement.

Today, Dr. Bart Ehrman and I look at Paul's writings to consider whether this shift also changed his self-identification as a Jew,

and if he believed that God no longer favored the Jewish people.

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Hello everyone and welcome back. Today on misquoting Jesus, we are talking about whether Paul

thought that God hated the Jews. Given that he himself was Jewish,

this is going to be an interesting one. Be sure also to stick with us for our bonus segment,

where Bart is going to tell us about a scholar he thinks that we should know about. Before we get to

that, Bart, how are you doing today? I'm doing well. It is wet and dreary here, but I guess we were in a bit of a drought.

So I suppose that's a good thing. But walking the dog is not fun when it's like this.

How are you doing?

Yes, not bad. Eight inches of snow outside.

Kids are having a great time.

Whoa. Okay. Yeah. I bet they are. Okay. Yeah.

Yes. That's lovely. Okay. I'm very happy to be inside and more.

Yes, exactly. Yeah. Okay. So, as I said, today we're going to be talking about Paul and his

Jewish identity and how he felt about God's opinion on the Jews after he converted.

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