HISTORY
ORIGINS OF CHRISTIANITY
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Question
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who is Jewish
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who is gentle
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who is not Jewish
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who is a teacher
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Detailed explanation-1: -Gentile (/ˈdʒɛnˌtaɪl/) is a word that usually means “someone who is not a Jew". Other groups that claim Israelite heritage, notably Mormons, sometimes use the term gentile to describe outsiders. More rarely, the term is used as a synonym for heathen or pagan.
Detailed explanation-2: -adjective. /dʒen’tile/ (nei modi) kind, courteous, polite.
Detailed explanation-3: -Cornelius (Greek: , romanized: Kornélios; Latin: Cornelius) was a Roman centurion who is considered by some Christians to be the first Gentile to convert to the faith, as related in Acts of the Apostles (see Ethiopian eunuch for the competing tradition).
Detailed explanation-4: -The term originates with the concept of “righteous gentiles", a term used in rabbinic Judaism to refer to non-Jews, called ger toshav, who abide by the Seven Laws of Noah.
Detailed explanation-5: -In modern Hebrew and Yiddish goy (/ɡɔɪ/, Hebrew: , regular plural goyim /ˈɡɔɪ. ɪm/, or ) is a term for a gentile, a non-Jew. Through Yiddish, the word has been adopted into English (pluralised as goys or goyim) also to mean gentile, sometimes with a pejorative sense.