02-03-2004, 03:07 AM
Yes by ethnicity/culture etc he was a Pharisee, that I do not argue with. Even Jesus was most likely a Pharisaic Judean as He was no Sadducee, Essene or violent Zealot! But that is ethinicity. Paul religionwise was a Christian. And Jesus of course hevaily criticised the Pharisaic religion, from which comes modern Rabbinnical Judaism.