Covenant, Typology, and the Story of Joseph
Critical scholars traditionally assert that the Joseph story (Genesis 37-50) does not develop any of the covenantal themes prominent in Genesis 1-36. By considering Joseph’s relationship to the kingship, seed, land, and blessing promises of the Abrahamic covenant, this article concludes that the Jos...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Tyndale House
2018
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Tyndale bulletin
Year: 2018, Volume: 69, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-24 |
| Further subjects: | B
Covenant
B Genesis B Typology B joseph B Old Testament |
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| Summary: | Critical scholars traditionally assert that the Joseph story (Genesis 37-50) does not develop any of the covenantal themes prominent in Genesis 1-36. By considering Joseph’s relationship to the kingship, seed, land, and blessing promises of the Abrahamic covenant, this article concludes that the Joseph story provides a significant development of the Abrahamic covenant. Joseph is an anticipatory fulfilment of the covenant and thus provides literary and redemptive-historical resolution to the Genesis narrative. Joseph also points forward to a more complete fulfilment of the patriarchal hopes expressed in the Abrahamic covenant. These observations provide evidence from within Genesis itself that the author intends Joseph to be read typologically, anticipating God’s eschatological work through the Messiah. |
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| ISSN: | 0082-7118 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Tyndale bulletin
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.53751/001c.27638 |