“God-fearers”—Gentiles who had already come to worship the God of Israel and obey much of his Law.61 At any rate, monotheism was increasingly accepted in the Hellenistic world. A good summary of the way in which first-century Judaism presented itself involves the three badges of national identity and the three symbols of that nationalism that permeated the corner of the world into which Christ was born.62 Whatever else a Jewish man did or did not obey, three practices were virtually inviolable if