What kind of Jewish man was Paul?
Paul was a religious fanatic, a Pharisee of the Pharisees, an Israelite from the tribe of Benjamin, and circumcised on the eighth day. He was the epitome of a Judaistic Jew, practicing the Jewish religion to the hilt as a Pharisee.
Les explains that Paul was not merely religious but a religious fanatic. As Paul lays out in one of his letters—likely Philippians—he was an Israelite, a Pharisee of the Pharisees, of the tribe of Benjamin, and circumcised the eighth day. He was the epitome of a Judaistic Jew, and he practiced the Jewish religion to the hilt. He was a Pharisee.