The term Godfearers (from Greek ?????????, or ?????????? ??? ???? and Neo-Persian: Tarsākān) are non-Jews who attached themselves in varying degrees to Judaism without becoming full-blown proselytes referred to in the biblical Book of Acts.^[1]

References

1. ↑ Journal of Biblical Studies: Godfearer, by J. Brian Tucker: "The traditional understanding of God-fearers, i.e. F.F. Bruce, ?God-fearers were Gentiles who attached themselves in varying degrees to the Jewish worship and way of life without as yet becoming full proselytes.?"

See also

• Early Christianity
• Council of Jerusalem
• Pauline Christianity
• Antinomianism
• Mithraic Mysteries