Who were the Galatians? How did they get where they were?, part 2
As announced in the title of the first post on this subject, my aim is to understand where the Galatians originated and how / why they migrated to where they were when Apostle Paul wrote his epistle to them. Since I was apparently insufficiently clear about both of those purposes in part 1, in this follow-up post I will provide additional scholarly material. Inasmuch as the identification of the Gauls / Celts and the languages they spoke will be important for several posts about them that I will write in the coming weeks, today's post will necessarily be long and detailed.
Here I will quote from Ben Witherington III, Grace in Galatia: A Commentary on St. Paul’s Letter to the Galatians (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1998), pp. 1-7.
N.B.: Illustration for art historians below.
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