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    Tabitha: The Gazelle of Joppa (Acts 9.36 - 41)

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    The article argues that the name Tabitha (Acts 9:36), which means "gazelle" when read as a metaphor for a proselyte in the Acts narrative, highlights the issue of boundaries in some early Christian communities. It also suggests that Joppa, the town in which Tabitha lived, might be read as a symbol of "mixing," one of the crucial issues in Jewish and Christian self-definition
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