Book Written: 54 A.D.
Time Period/Setting: Written by Paul from Ephesus. Galatia was a Roman province near the present-day city of Ankara. Ephesus is at a distance of some 200 miles to the east.
Title: self-explanatory
Paul founded the Galatian Christian churches and is writing to dissuade gullible Galatians from listening to Jewish Christian teachers who are countering Paul's teachings about the new faith, particularly regarding circumcision. HC says these rebellious teachers wanted new converts to Jesus "to undergo circumcision as a sign of their inclusion in God's covenant." Whether they also wanted converts to adhere to Jewish food laws is unclear, but Paul again discusses food in Chapter 2 though his lengthier discussion of food appears in Chapter 8 of 1 Corinthians.
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