Interesting. Thanks for your reply. Not sure why it’s a controversy here, though. Is it having to do with the messianic Jewish issue mentioned above?
I’m with you, I don’t get the import. Paul obviously wrote to and taught both jew and gentile in Rome, and spent many an hour in synagogues with only jews in attendance.
The Jewish repulsion of Paul is germane also because Paul explained the Gospel of Jesus Christ as a gospel of grace, not works. A lot of people, especially the Pharisees, don’t like to hear that it’s all about Jesus’ finished work and not their legalistic self-efforts.