392 GESILA NNEKA UZUKWU explains why Gal 3,28, the three blessings of gratitude found in rabbinic texts and the three expressions of gratitude found in Greek texts, differ in form so greatly from each other. * * * A careful comparison of the structures, contents and emphas- es of Gal 3,28 with the three blessings of gratitude found in rab- binic texts was strikingly revealing, not only about the differ- ences between these Jewish and Christian texts, but also about the question of how Gal 3,28 is related to the three blessings of gratitude found in rabbinic texts. We have demonstrated in this study that the occurrences of the three pairs of opposites in Gal 3,28 and their implied usages in the three blessings of grat- itude found in rabbinic sources are not enough reason to suggest that there is an influence of the latter on the former or that there is a direct relationship between the expressions found in the two traditions under study. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Gesila Nneka UZUKWU Sint-Michielsstraat 6 3000 Leuven, Belgium SUMMARY Scholars have suggested that Gal 3,28 is comparable to similar sayings found in rabbinic writings, and that the latter can help in interpreting and understanding the meaning and theology of Gal 3,28. In this study we have analysed and compared the alleged similar sayings found in Jewish texts and Gal 3,28 in order to demonstrate that Gal 3,28 is neither literally nor thematically related to the former, and we should not allow the alleged similar sayings found in rabbinic writings to influence our reading of Gal 3,28. Both texts reflect the conceptual uses of pairs of opposites in the Greco-Roman tradition, but at the same time, their subsequent usages or occurrences in Jewish and Christian texts came into being independently from one another.