May 2, 2024 · Galatia refers to a region in north central Turkey; Ankara, the capital of modern Turkey, was once a major Galatian city (Ancyra). The name of Galatia is derived from the 20,000 Gauls who settled in the region in 278 B.C.E. More than two centuries later, in 25 B.C.E., the area became a Roman province and was extended to the south.

Jun 29, 2024 · At the end of his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. alludes to the apostle Paul’s words in Galatians 3:28: “There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus” (NRSV).

Paul, Galatia, and the Letter to the Galatians. Two inscriptions found in Perga provide fresh insight regarding the Roman provincial organization of central Asia Minor in the mid-first century CE. We will first explore the boundaries of the province of Galatia when Paul first journeyed there.

Aug 1, 2020 · Finally, step into 1 John 4 and discover what it means when it says that “God is love.” The Fall 2020 issue also includes a survey of ancient pandemics, an investigative piece on the location of Galatia (the region where the biblical letter of Galatians was addressed), and a study of manual labor in early Christian monasteries in Egypt.

Mar 23, 2025 · Galatia refers to a region in north central Turkey; Ankara, the capital of modern Turkey, was once a major Galatian city (Ancyra). The name of Galatia is derived from the 20,000 Gauls who settled in the region in 278 B.C.E. More than two centuries later, in 25 B.C.E., the area became a Roman province and was extended to the south.

Nov 1, 2024 · The Winter 2024 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review is packed with insightful, thought-provoking articles sure to promote enjoyable discussion and debate during the holiday season.

Jun 12, 2024 · Instead, Paul claims the Christians of Galatia would have “gouged out their eyes and given them to me” (Galatians 4:15). If Paul’s “thorn” was poor eyesight, it would make sense for him to contrast this particular affliction with the miraculous visions he’d been privy to …

Jul 23, 2020 · Galatia refers to a region in north central Turkey; Ankara, the capital of modern Turkey, was once a major Galatian city (Ancyra). The name of Galatia is derived from the 20,000 Gauls who settled in the region in 278 B.C.E. More than two centuries later, in 25 B.C.E., the area became a Roman province and was extended to the south.

Galatia refers to a region in north central Turkey; Ankara, the capital of modern Turkey, was once a major Galatian city (Ancyra). The name of Galatia is derived from the 20,000 Gauls who settled in the region in 278 B.C.E. More than two centuries later, in 25 B.C.E., the area became a Roman province and was extended to the south.

Jan 21, 2025 · Since Peter wrote to “the temporary residents scattered about in [literal] Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia” (1Pe 1:1), it logically follows that the source of the letter, “Babylon,” was the literal place by that name.