In this volume, Bradley R. Trick argues that Hellenistic testamentary adoption provides the key to understanding Abrahamic descent and its implications for the law in Galatians. By thoroughly analyzing the Greco-Roman and Jewish contexts of Paul ?s references to testaments/covenants ( þ £ ? ? ? ð ? £) and adoption, Trick establishes that Gal 3-4 portrays the Abrahamic þ £ ? ??æ ð ? as a Hellenistic testament through which God adopts Abraham. This insight enables a coherent and collectively consistent interpretation of Paul ?s Abrahamic appeals to emerge, one in which ?sons ? (3:7) designates Jews, ?children of promise ? (4:28) designates gentiles, and ?seed ? designates Christ (3:16) and the interdependent union of Jews and gentiles in Christ (3:29). The need to preserve the singularity of this seed then grounds God ?s giving of the law.