Gal 3,28 and its alleged relationship to rabbinic writings In Paul’s explicit use of the statement, oyk eni ÃIoydaıov oyde ߶ ˜ ßù ¶Ellhn, oyk eni doylov oyde eleyuerov, oyk eni arsen kaı ߶ ˜ ßùß ¥ ߶¶ ù uhly in Gal 3,28, scholars have noted similar sayings found in ˜ rabbinic writings and proposed that the latter could be a possible insight for a discussion of the meaning and theology of Gal 3,28 1. This proposition, though interesting, is more assumed than proved. Scholars usually speak of the possible connection between Gal 3,28 and the three blessings of gratitude found in rabbinic texts, but they devote too little attention to the question of establishing what kind of connection there is. Others allow their interpretation of the three blessings of gratitude found in rabbinic texts to influence their exegesis of Gal 3,28 without questioning in what way this Pauline passage in question reflects a similar expression found in rabbinic writings, and whether or not there is any relationship between these Christian and Jewish texts. The present study seeks to re-examine the assertion of the connection between Gal 3,28 and the three blessings of gratitude found in rabbinic writings, asks deeper questions concerning the social-historical context of these alleged sources and shows that the discussion of the relationship between Gal 3,28 and the three Scholars have identified four possible inspirational sources behind 1 Gal 3,28. The first is that there is a possible influence of the three expressions of gratitude found in Greek sources on Gal 3,28. The second argues that there is a possible relationship between Gal 3,28 and the three blessings of gratitude found in rabbinic texts. The third is that in Gal 3,28 Paul is using a pre-Pauline baptismal formula which in itself could have been related to either the rabbinic or the Greek sources. The fourth source is limited to Gal 3,28c, namely Gen 1,27b LXX. The discussion concerning the relationship between Gal 3,28 and these different sources require different articles. In the present article, we focus on the problem of the three blessings of gratitude found in rabbinic texts as these texts relate to Gal 3,28. See, for instance, F.F. BRUCE, The Epistle to the Galatians. A Commentary on the Greek Text (NIGTC; Grand Rapids, MI 1982) 187; R.N. LONGENECKER, Galatians (WBC 41; Dallas, TX 1990) 157 ; W.A. MEEKS, “The Image of the Androgyne: Some Uses of a Symbol in Earliest Christianity”, HR 13 (1974) 165-208, 167-168.