Letters to the Galatians & Ephesians
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William Barclay in his bible study guide The Letters to the Galatians and Ephesians addresses these two epistles by Paul and considers their meaning in the time in which they were written and their importance to Christianity since. Barclay is a well-known Scottish New Testament interpreter. He has been honored as a profound scholar and a strong writer who is dedicated to conveying his interpretation of scripture to his readers in a clear fashion. He studied at the University of Glasgow and at Marburg University in Germany. He was the minister of Trinity Church in Renfrew, Scotland, and later he served as Professor of Divinity and Biblical Criticism at the University of Glasgow. He has written a number of books on biblical interpretation. Barclay indicates the purpose of his book when he offers a general introduction to the letters of Paul and points out some of the difficulties involved, difficulties which he is trying to resolve in this book. The letters of Paul attracted Barclay because he sees them as the most interesting body of documents in the New Testament because of all forms of literature, the letter is the most personal. We know as much as we do about Paul because he left behind so many letters, while other figures from the period did not and so are less real to us today: In them he opened his mind and heart to the folk he loved so much; and in them, to this day, we can see that great mind grappling with the problems of the early church and feel that great
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