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' is used metaphorically in the Acts narrative for a proselyte, and that the town in which she lived, Joppa, is used symbolically for the Jewish issue of 'mixing'

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