RT Book
T1 Glory and power, ritual and relationship: the Sinai Covenant in the Postexilic Period
T2 Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies
T2 T & T Clark library of biblical studies
A1 Bautch, Richard J.
LA English
PP New York
PB T & T Clark
YR 2009
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/687361362
AB The book's point of departure is the return from the Exile, which is presented as an opportunity for Jews, primarly those in Judah, to interpret anew the relationship between God and Israel. The relationship had traditionally been thought of as a covenant, and central to the book's thesis is that post-exilic writers used a paradigm that was essentially that of the pre-exilic Mosiac covenant, i.e. a pact between God and humanity conditioned by the latter's observance of the law. The first part of the book describes the process whereby the Mosaic covenant was renovated and its content brought up
NO Includes bibliographical references and indexes
CN BS680.C67
SN 0567028224
SN 9780567028228
K1 Dead Sea Scrolls
K1 Covenant Theology : Biblical teaching
K1 Kinship in the Bible
K1 Judaism : History : Post-exilic period, 586 B.C.-210 A.D