It is simple to assume that Gentiles, who did not observe purity laws, would have been considered ritually impure by the Jews. Ancient Jewish sources reflect two conflicting tensions.
- On the one hand, both biblical and rabbinic law (considered Gentiles to be exempt from the laws of ritual purity).
- On the other hand, Gentiles ate impure foods, came into regular contact with impure substances, and–what is worse–committed idolatry.
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