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A 4 page paper that reports and discusses the author, date, destination, location of writing, purpose and themes. The essay also comments on the applicability of the message in today's world. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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was destined (NIV Study Bible, 1995). If it was being sent to North Galatia, in other words, to churches in the north-central portion of Asia Minor, the letter would date
to between 53 and 57 A.D. (NIV Study Bible, 1995). This theory also holds that Paul wrote the letter from either Ephesus or Macedonia (NIV Study Bible, 1995). If the
destination was South Galatia, two date ranges are suggested, between 48 and 49 A.D. or between 51 and 53 A.D. (NIV Study Bible, 1995). This theory suggests Paul wrote the
letter from Syrian Antioch or from Corinth (NIV Study Bible, 1995). Therefore, the outer range of dates for this letter is between 49 and 57 A.D. Scholars generally give
the data as 54 A.D. (Bible Scripture, 2008; Kirby, 2008). The destination would have been either north-central Asia Minor, which included the towns of Pessinus, Ancyra and Trvium or south
Galatia, which included churches in the Roman province of Galatia, which included the towns of Antioch, Lystra, Derge and Iconium (NIV Study Bible, 1995). In any case, Paul was writing
to churches he founded so he is writing to people he knew, had preached to and converted and cared for. Social, political and theological issues were the reason for the
letter. There was a group of Jewish Christians, called Judaizers, who believed that certain practices from the Old Testament church were still required of the people and they insisted that
Gentile converts adhere to these practices. One was circumcision (NIV Study Bible, 1995). It has been suggested that this group may have been just trying to avoid further persecution from
Zealot Jews (NIV Study Bible, 1995). However, they also argued that Paul was not a true Apostle and to make himself and his message more appealing to Gentiles, he had
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