One of the primary ways that humans discern the ways of God is through the interpretation of Israel’s sacred Scriptures. For example, Peter interprets the event whereby the Jews in Jerusalem are empowered to speak in different languages and dialects as the fulfillment of God’s promise in Joel 3 (LXX), namely, as the outpouring of God’s prophetic spirit on his people (2:1–13; 2:17–21). James, later the leader of the Jerusalem church, interprets the inclusion of non-Jews within
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