Book Of Galatians Background. Saint paul writing his epistles by valentin de boulogne, c. In paul’s day, the word galatia had two distinct meanings.
Galatians refers to either the province or territory, but it includes a group of. Scholars have suggested that this is either the roman province of galatia in southern anatolia, or a large region defined by an ethnic group of celtic people in central anatolia. If paul had lost his battle, christianity would have been left as an inferior sect of judaism.
In the whole bible, there is no more passionate, comprehensive, yet concise statement of the truth of the gospel than galatians.
Paul also mentions some history which we don’t find. The epistle to the galatians, often shortened to galatians, is the ninth book of the new testament. This letter to the galatians was likely written in the latter part of the 50s, according to the journal of the society of biblical literature and exegesis. It is the primary document in a struggle for the very life of early christianity.