Covenant and Grace in the Old Testament

✍ Scribed by Robert D. Miller II

Publisher: Gorgias Press
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Leaves: 335
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book examines the Old Testament language about Israel's relationship with God in the light of Assyrian royal propaganda. Unpacking this language's meaning in both Assyrian and biblical contexts, it shows Israel borrowed language from Assyrian vassal treaties to describe its covenant with God, and this book reveals what "covenant" meant, and that it is not "covenant" at all, but "grace." The broader theological implications of this discovery are explored in dialogue with contemporary theologians. The book takes seriously the study of text in its ancient context in order to highlight the theological content and its modern relevance.

✦ Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
1. THE SHAPE OF SCHOLARSHIP ON COVENANT
2. THE APPEAL TO EXTRABIBLICAL PARADIGMS
3. THE BARRAKAB INSCRIPTION
4. THE MATRIX OF ASSYRIAN IMPERIALISM
5. THE ISRAELITE COUNTERPARTS
5. THE ISRAELITE COUNTERPARTS
7. THE TRANSMISSION OF THE CONSTELLATION
8. THE PROPAGANDA OF SUBMISSION TO YAHWEH
9. THE CREEDAL CONTEXT
10. ELECTION AND GRACE IN ISRAELITE RELIGION
11 THE TRIUMPH OF GRACE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

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