In Biblical times, yes; not in the third century. This was after, for example, the Hasmoneans had conquered the Idumaeans and forcibly converted them to Judaism, after Hillel had carried out a mass conversion, and after a period in which synagogues had an open-doors policy towards conversion and many Romans were philosemitic.
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Date: 2010-05-04 11:35 am (UTC)