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Does Mark 7:19 declare all foods to be clean?

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  • Originally posted by Soyeong View Post
    ... God-fearers were Gentiles who had not converted to Judaism, but followed Jewish laws, customs, beliefs, and practices. Cornelius was a God-fearer, so kept kosher and certainly would have prepared kosher food for Peter when he visited.
    The idea that Cornelius kept kosher has been added by you. It is not found in the text and it should not be assumed. As I pointed out above, you are oversimplifying and making assumptions about what it means to be a 'God fearer'. The nature of and Jewish attitudes toward ‘God-fearers’, ‘God-worshippers/pious’, ‘Judaizers’, and the two rabbinic types of ‘proselytes’ (גר תושב and a גר צדק) is not generally so precise and, when it is, it is also disputed. Luke does use the term God-fearers for proselytes who worship in the synagogue (Ac 13,16.26.4), but he also uses ‘God fearing’ in a general way (Lk 1,50 18,2.4 23,40 Ac 10.35) that does not support your assumption that Cornelius kept kosher and all of the Torah except circumcision. He does not use the term ‘proselyte’ for Cornelius, not even in the sense of a גר תושב, yet you want to assume that he was something very precise, much more than a גר תושב, yet just shy of being a גר צדק. This sense is not in the text, nor well attested in contemporary and even later literature. There are much later rabbinic texts that I have not looked at yet. What are your original sources for your description of Cornelius’ status?
    βλέπομεν γὰρ ἄρτι δι᾿ ἐσόπτρου ἐν αἰνίγματι, τότε δὲ πρόσωπον πρὸς πρόσωπον·
    ἄρτι γινώσκω ἐκ μέρους, τότε δὲ ἐπιγνώσομαι καθὼς καὶ ἐπεγνώσθην.

    אָכֵ֕ן אַתָּ֖ה אֵ֣ל מִסְתַּתֵּ֑ר אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃

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