Christians than, for example, among Paul’s predominantly Gentile converts in Galatia. This does not rule out, however, the probability of a mixed audience of Jewish and Gentile Christians from the beginning of the Gospel’s reception. One issue on which scholarship is divided concerns the connection of Matthew’s Christian audience with the Jewish synagogue. Were these Christians still trying to maintain relations with and a place in the local synagogue? Weighty arguments have been offered in favor
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