Well done with solid assumptions based on valid premises. And better yet, well argued with the likes of what remains of historical fact. Or the assumption that one can make in their absence.

While a question would seem appropriate at this time; is it true that all gentiles where non Jewish but all non-Jewish individuals where not Pagans? Thus, is it true to assume that all Gentiles where not the same [interchangeable] as a Pegan? In your essay you stated that Gentiles where the same as Pagans. I am suggesting that by deduction this is not necessarily so. What says you? Not to get lost in semantics but to simply suggest assumptions are as valid as their premises, while arcing back to the start of my reply to your work.