tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post5972272188506952612..comments2024-03-19T00:26:30.753-07:00Comments on The Jesus Blog: First Century Jews or Judeans?Anthony Le Donnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282792648606976883noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-32623109752075096492014-06-28T04:32:55.908-07:002014-06-28T04:32:55.908-07:00I've heard the comparison of the first century...I've heard the comparison of the first century use of "<i>Ioudaioi</i>" with our use of "yankee," which has several possible meanings, depending upon the speaker and context. No American would refer to a native of Alabama as a "yankee," but a South American might. A native of Boston might be a yankee, but never a Yankee. <br /><br />I suspect that something similar was going on with the use of "ioudaioi." To a gentile you might be a ioudaioi,even if you never even visited Judaea. But a Galilean Jew might use the term to refer to those people who lived in southern Israel, as they might use it to distinguish themselves from those people up north. <br /><br />What I am curious about is whether something else I heard was also true: That the term Ioudaioi had a special meaning, referring to the religious leaders of either Israel or Jerusalem. If so, then it might clear the Gospel of John of anti-Semitism. Bilbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06231440026059820600noreply@blogger.com