[Bananafish] Scratching an itch on phantom limbs

[James Rovira]

Yeah, Paul was complex.  He was both a hellenic (by birth) and a
palestinian (by education) Jew.  He called himself a Pharisee but
could quote pagan poets off the top of his head.  He always did start
in the synagogues, but I think there are plenty of good reasons to
believe that by the time he was writing his letters to the Corinthian
church it was primarily a Gentile church.  There'd be no question
about women if he were writing to a synagogue.  I don't think you can
get him without getting both his Jewish and his Greek backgrounds.
Most importantly, though, he wrote in Greek to Greek speakers.

Jim