Vertrag, Treueid und Bund

The notion that God, Yahweh, concluded a "Covenant" or "Contract" with his people of Israel plays a prominent part in the Old Testament. Numerous correspondences between the texts of Ancient Oriental contracts and the Book of Deuteronomy suggest that political treaties served as model for the theology of the biblical covenant. Using extant source material, the present study attempts to trace the complicated path into the Old Testament taken by an instrument used for the exercise of power in the Ancient Orient.

Autorentext

Christoph Koch, Ev. Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck.

Zusammenfassung

"Vertrag, Treueid und Bund represents a significant contribution to the study of Deuteronomy which is sure to stimulate future scholarship on this biblical book and the history of covenant theology in biblical literature."
William Morrow in: Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 10/2010

"The author is to be congratulated on a thorough, well-written and sane exploration of a highly complex and centrally important area of research."
J. L. W. Schaper in: Book List - Society for Old Testament Study 2009