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Jews of the time divided the world up into Jews and Gentiles.
Jews were further divided into Palestinian Jews (those who were born in Palestine) and Diaspora Jews (those who were born outside Palestine). Jews were also divided into Hebraists and Hellenists (those who had embranced embraced the Greek culture and language).
Gentiles were divided into Proselyte (those who had converted to Judaism and been baptized), God fearer (those who respected the Hebrew God Yahweh but had not been circumcised) and pagans (those who followed other gods).
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_the_Apostles Wikipedia - Acts of the Apostles]
[http://www.christiancadre.org/Acts%20Article.DOC Genre, Historicity, Date, and Authorship of The Acts of the Apostle], by Christopher Price
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