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Kinship by covenant : a canonical approach to the fulfillment of God's saving promises /

While the canonical scriptures were produced over many centuries and represent a diverse library of texts, they are unified by stories of divine covenants and their implications for God's people. In this book, Scott Hahn shows how covenant, as an overarching theme, makes possible a coherent rea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hahn, Scott
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2009.
Colección:Anchor Yale Bible reference library.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction
  • Covenant research in modern biblical scholarship
  • Recent covenant research : the status quaestionis
  • Goal and methodology
  • The definition and typology of covenant
  • The plan for this study
  • pt. 1: The kinship covenant in the Old Testament
  • The kinship covenant
  • Three examples of secular kinship covenants in the Book of Genesis
  • Covenant ritual at Sinai : divine kinship covenant in Exodus 24
  • Conclusions
  • pt. 3: The treaty-type covenant in the Old Testament
  • The treaty-type covenant
  • Covenant and oath in the Old Testament
  • Familial terms and relations
  • Examples of secular treaty-type covenants
  • The divine treaty-type covenant of Deuteronomy
  • Distinctive aspects of the Deuteronomic covenant
  • Periodic renewals of the Deuteronomic covenant
  • Theological observations and conclusions
  • pt. 4: The grant-type covenant in the Old Testament
  • The Noahic covenant (Gen 6-9)
  • Excursus : Shem in the Genesis narrative
  • Conclusions
  • pt. 5: The Abrahamic grant-type covenant
  • The Abrahamic covenant exhibits grant-type features
  • The promissory elements in Genesis 12 and the covenants in Genesis 15, 17, and 22
  • The covenant history of Abraham as the covenant history of Israel
  • The cumulative nature of the divine covenants
  • The Aqedah and the divine oath in Genesis 22
  • Abram, Melchizedek, and Salem in Genesis 14
  • Conclusions
  • pt. 6: The Levitical grant-type covenant
  • Priesthood and primogeniture in the Book of Genesis
  • Priesthood and primogeniture in the Book of Exodus
  • Apostasy and covenant renewal following the golden calf
  • Leviticus as a grant-type covenant
  • The literary-historical development of the Levitical covenant
  • Conclusions
  • pt. 7: The Davidic grant-type covenant
  • The Davidic covenant : a grant-type covenant
  • The purposes of the Davidic covenant
  • The content of the divine oath to David
  • The divine sonship of the Davidic king
  • The relationship of the Davidic covenant to other biblical covenants
  • The Davidic covenant constellation
  • The new Exodus and the restoration of the Davidic covenant in the Prophets
  • Davidic covenant restoration in the Second Temple literature
  • Conclusions.
  • pt. 8: Davidic covenant fulfillment in Luke-Acts
  • Davidic kingdom restoration in Luke
  • The institution narrative (Luke 22:14-30)
  • The ecclesiological significance of the institution narrative for Acts
  • Davidic kingdom but not covenant?
  • Conclusions
  • pt. 9: Covenant, oath, and divine sonship in Galatians 3-4
  • Preliminaries
  • Galatians 3:6-9 : God's promissory oath to Abraham as "the Gospel"
  • Galatians 3:10-14 : the Deuteronomic covenant curses borne by Christ
  • Galatians 3:15-18 : the priority of the Abrahamic covenant oath
  • Galatians 3:16 : the one "seed" as Christ
  • Galatians 3:19-22 : Mosaic covenant law added for transgressions
  • Galatians 3:23-29 : from a servile pedagogy to the spirit of sonship
  • Galatians 4:1-7 : from servants to sons in the fullness of time
  • Galatians 4:21-31 : God disinherits the circumcised seed of Abraham
  • The "works of the law" in light of Galatians 3-4
  • Conclusions
  • pt. 10: Hebrews 1-9 : covenant, oath, and royal priestly primogeniture
  • Hebrews 1 : Jesus, firstborn Son and priest-king, is superior to angels
  • Hebrews 2 : Jesus restores humanity's lost glory and dominion for Abraham's seed
  • Hebrews 3:1-6 : Jesus, the royal Davidic priest, is superior to Moses, old covenant mediator
  • Hebrews 3:7-4:13 : Christ offers the "rest" lost by Israel and humanity
  • Hebrews 4:14-5:10 : Christ our sympathetic high priest like Melchizedek
  • Hebrews 5:11-6:20 : exhortation to persevere, trusting in God's oath to Abraham
  • Hebrews 7 : Jesus, a royal priestly firstborn like Melchizedek
  • Hebrews 8-9 : Jesus mediates a better covenant than the Levitical highpriest
  • Hebrews 9:15-22 and the meaning of diathēkē
  • Diathēkē as "covenant" in Hebrews 9:16-17
  • Exegesis of Hebrews 9:15-18
  • Hebrews 9:15 and the old and new covenants
  • Summary
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix : Jesus' death as liturgical sacrifice in Hebrews
  • pt. 11: Concluding theological reflections.