The Epistle to the Galatians. By E. H. Askwith, M.A.
(Mac- millan and Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—This volume is devoted to the con- sideration of the destination and the date of the Epistle to the Galatians. The question of the destination has for some time past been energetically argued by two schools, one which, relying in great measure on the authority of Bishop Lightfoot, takes Galatia to mean North Galatia ; the other, headed by Professor W. M. Ramsay, holding to South Galatia. (It should be remembered, however, that the Bishop died before the South Galati= theory had been regularly formulated.) Mr. Askwith agrees with Professor Ramsay, and reprints in the first five chapters of this volume the essay which gained the Norrisian prize at Cambridge last year. But on the question of date he parts company with the Professor, and maintains the accuracy of Bishop Lightfoot's chronology. He puts Galatians and 2 Corinthians at about the same time, with a slight priority to 2 Corinthians, and Romans following not long after. We have given the conclusions only at which Mr. Askwith arrives ; his closely reasoned argument cannot be epitomised, and must be examined as it stands.
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