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* The North Galatian Theory -- This is the older view and assumes that Paul wrote the epistle to the churches in North Galatia, which he founded on his second missionary journey.  Based upon this view, the letter was composed between 53 and 57 A.D. in [[Ephesus]] or [[Macedonia]].

* The North Galatian Theory -- This is the older view and assumes that Paul wrote the epistle to the churches in North Galatia, which he founded on his second missionary journey.  Based upon this view, the letter was composed between 53 and 57 A.D. in [[Ephesus]] or [[Macedonia]].

* The South Galatian Theory -- In this view, Paul wrote the epistle to the churches in South Galatia, which he founded on his first missionary journey.  Thus, he would have wrote the letter in Syrian [[Antioch]] or [[Corinth]] between 51 and 53 A.D.

* The South Galatian Theory -- In this view, Paul wrote the epistle to the churches in South Galatia, which he founded on his first missionary journey.  Thus, he would have wrote the letter in Syrian [[Antioch]] or [[Corinth]] between 51 and 53 A.D.

== Origin of the Galatian People ==

== Origin of the Galatian People ==

The Galatians were [[Celts]] who had migrated to Asia Minor from [[Europe]], and originally belonged to three tribes, the Tectosages, Tolistoboii and Trocmi. Their [[Celtic]] language almost certainly was still spoken when Paul wrote to them in Greek, though city-dwellers would know and use Greek.

The Galatians were [[Celts]] who had migrated to Asia Minor from [[Europe]], and originally belonged to three tribes, the Tectosages, Tolistoboii and Trocmi. Their [[Celtic]] language almost certainly was still spoken when Paul wrote to them in Greek, though city-dwellers would know and use Greek.

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