Podcast1.7PaulAndTheSituationInGalatiaseriesPaulAndHis Philip A. Harland audio Religions_of_the_Ancient_Mediterranean audio_podcast audio_religion This episode looks at the situation in Galatia that led Paul to write his letter in the mid-first century (part 1 of 2). After Paul left this region of Asia Minor, certain leaders of the Jesus movement had passed through and discovered Gentiles (non-Judeans) who were not circumcized, despite the fact they thought they belonged to this Judean (Jewish) movement. Here I explore the rationale of these opponents of Paul who advocated circumcision as an entrance requirement into the movement and as a symbol of belonging to God's people. This episode is part of series one (”Paul and his Communities”) of the Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean podcast. new testament; apostle paul; galatia; galatians; bible; early christianity; christian origins; ancient judaism; greco-roman world; ancient mediterranean; jesus movement http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/ 2007-11-26 16:00:00 2007-11-26 15:56:41 pharland@yorku.ca Phil Harland 2007-12-06 14:33:57 2009-05-07 14:32:11 Phil Harland