(October 4, 2023 at 12:47 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(October 4, 2023 at 12:31 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: It very much seems like the romanizing influence was also the christianizing influence. This is a pretty good candidate for why "paul" was important. Paul -as written- was a romanizer.
Hence the name change.
Only the Book of Acts calls him Saul, and that whole book is a propaganda piece to paint him as totally harmonious with the Jewish-Christians at Jerusalem.