Galatians 3:28, in particular the phrase, "There is ...no longer
male and female; for you all are one in Christ Jesus," would seem
to point towards an ethos of gender equality among Christians.
Acting on this assumption, a number of scholars have considered the
phrase significant in reconstructing attitudes towards women in
early Christianity. Until now, however, a study of the history of
interpretation of Gal 3:28 has been lacking. The exploration of the
post-New Testament career of the verse is therefore the focus of
this book. The approach is historical-critical, discussing the
exegesis of Gal 3:28 in the context of attitudes about the roles of
women in the first four centuries CE.
This study reveals that early Christians did not always approach
this verse with the same concerns as modern readers. Ancient
commentators brought several different questions to their
discussion of Gal 3:28, and it is impossible to discover the
trajectory in exegesis of this verse that might have been expected.
It becomes apparent that during the first four centuries of
Christianity most writers treated Gal 3:28 as a statement about the
identification of Christians with Christ and therefore an
indication that in the resolution of various differences into
unity, they could achieve an ideal state. While some writers
applied this concept to status differences between men and women,
others used it to discuss the qualities of the ideal disciple, the
character of the first created human beings, the state of the
believer in heaven, and even the nature of God.
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