WHO WROTE THE BOOK OF GALATIANS?
THE BOOK OF GALATIANS WAS WRITTEN BY PAUL, THE APOSTLE, WHO WROTE MUCH OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. v TO WHOM WAS THE BOOK OF GALATIANS WRITTEN? THE BOOK OF GALATIANS WAS WRITTEN TO SEVERAL CHURCHES IN A GEOGRAPHICAL AREA KNOWN AS GALATIA (ASIA MINOR/TURKEY). SOUTHERN GALATIA WAS A GEOGRAPHICAL AREA THAT INCLUDED THE CITIES OF PISIDIA, LYSTRA, ICONIUM, AND DERBE. GALATIA WAS A ROMAN PROVINCE INHABITED BY CELTIC PEOPLE WHO WERE GENTILES THAT ALSO INHABITED FRANCE. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE PEOPLE? THEY WERE FIERCE, WARLIKE PEOPLE IN THEIR EARLY HISTORY. THEY WERE FICKLE IN THAT THEY LIKED CHANGE AND NEW IDEAS. IN ACTS THEY WANTED TO MAKE PAUL A GOD. THEN LATER THEY WANTED TO STONE HIM. THEY WERE INTELLIGENT PEOPLE BUT VERY IMPRESSIONABLE. THEY LIKED EXCESSIVE VANITY. v WHEN AND WHERE WAS THE BOOK OF GALATIANS WRITTEN? THERE ARE THREE MAJOR THEORIES AS TO WHEN THE BOOK WAS WRITTEN: #1. THE BOOK WAS WRITTEN FROM ANTIOCH, SYRIA IN 48 AD JUST BEFORE THE JERUSALEM COUNCIL IN ACTS 15. THIS DATE PL
