Neutels work as a whole is impressively researched, admirably presented, and faultlessly edited. * Bryn Mawr Classical Review * Neutel successfully offers a consistent interpretation of Galatians 3:28 in the context of Pauline theology. * Theologische Revue (Bloomsbury Translation). * An important study that deserves the attention of students and scholars interested in Pauls social context and its importance for his eschatological framework, specifically as it relates to gender, ethno-racial relations, and class distinctions. It makes an insightful, engaging, and persuasive case, and I highly recommend it. * Catholic Biblical Quarterly * A welcome contribution to the study of Galatians 3.28 and Pauline theology. Scholars working on this verse and these issues will want to engage with Neutels contribution. * Religious Studies Review * This study sheds important light on the range of ancient notions of community to which Pauls one in Christ can be compared. * Theological Studies * It is not easy to justify writing an entire book on a single biblical verse But even for such a verse, it is not easy to write a book-on-a-single-verse good enough that, after finishing it, the reader regards it as having been well worth the time. Karin Neutel, however, has accomplished both of these difficult feats with A Cosmopolitan Ideal... a revision of a very impressive Groningen PhD thesis. * The Expository Times * Neutel's work is characterised by great clarity, stringency and persuasive power ... The work can only be highly recommended, especially in German-language exegesis. * Theologische Literaturzeitung (Bloomsbury Translation) * [ Neutel] claims that Pauls statement [ in Galatians 3:28] has often been studied with regard to contemporary questions; so she will undertake a thoroughly first century reading: and place the text in its argumentative context In a detailed but broad sweeping and well-argued study she makes good on this claim, with results that seem surprising and new in the overworked field of studies of Galatians 3:28. * Biblical Theology Bulletin *