(Faculty of Theology, University of the Free State, 2014) Tolmie, D. Francois
English: A recent investigation of research published on the Letter to the Galatians has
shown that 3:28 is the individual verse in the letter that receives the most attention
from scholars. Accordingly, the purpose of this article is to offer an overview of
tendencies in the research pertaining to this verse since 1990. The overview is
structured in terms of the following categories: Translation, grammar, origin, Paul’s
views expressed in this verse, new interpretative approaches, the verse viewed
in terms of other Pauline/Biblical texts/perspectives from the world of the New
Testament, the Wirkungsgeschichte of the verse, and the implications of the verse
for church and society.