Covenants in Context
The article explores the central theme of covenant in the Hebrew Bible, which has been marginalized in modern biblical scholarship in favor of individual events associated with covenant arrangements. It argues that reading the Bible in its wider Near Eastern context, including archaeological discove...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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Biblical archaeology review
Year: 2023, Volume: 49, Issue: 1, Pages: 61-62 |
| Further subjects: | B
Hebrew language
B ARCHAEOLOGICAL discoveries B OLD Testament B Covenant Theology B MIDDLE East antiquities |
| Summary: | The article explores the central theme of covenant in the Hebrew Bible, which has been marginalized in modern biblical scholarship in favor of individual events associated with covenant arrangements. It argues that reading the Bible in its wider Near Eastern context, including archaeological discoveries in the Levant and Mesopotamia, rehabilitates the covenant as a crucial factor in diplomacy, with the Hebrew term for covenant likely meaning "alliance" rather than "binding obligation." |
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| ISSN: | 0098-9444 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblical archaeology review
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