The Abrahamic Covenant – General Reference Points
The Abrahamic Covenant – General Reference Points

Summary/Abstract: In the history of the scriptural covenant, a certain centrality of the Abrahamic covenant has been noticed. It was against the backdrop of this covenant that the harmonisation necessary for the relationship between Jews and God and later between all the gentiles and God was discovered. Most biblical interpretations regarding the Abrahamic covenant begin by briefly analysing and presenting key passages, which, most of the time, are identified with a key verse or a set of verses that explicitly nuance the reference framework of Covenant Theology. We can naturally ask ourselves: Why does the essence of Covenant Theology reside in the Abrahamic covenant? Why has Abraham been God’s most important dialogue partner in the framework of a covenant? In the present study, I will provide answers to these questions by resorting to the perspectives presented by well-known Western biblical scholars.

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