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Glossary Term

Risk: Medium
Approved rendering
外邦人
Transliteration
wàibāngrén
Rejected alternatives
夷人, 外国人

Gentiles

NEVER use 夷人 (yírén, historically ‘barbarian’ in the classical Hua-Yi [华夷] distinction between civilized Chinese and outside peoples) — using it would ironically import the very insider/outsider hierarchy Romans ‘no distinction’ language dismantles. 外邦人 = non-Jewish nations generically.