Tag: Acovenantalism Series

Before we look in detail at Paul’s use of the word “covenant”, it’s worth pausing briefly to review what we have learned about the use…

We asked, in our previous post in this series, whether we could detect a shift in the second temple literature away from the pervasive Old…

We have seen, in our series so far, the way that the word “covenant” is used in the Old Testament. A covenant is not a…

We have seen, in our series so far, the way that the word “covenant” is used in the Old Testament. How did the Hebrew word…

We have seen that the covenants with Abraham envisaged two distinct but related goals: nationhood for Abraham’s seed, followed by blessing for the world. The…

In the previous post we saw how Genesis 12:1-3 makes two distinct but related sets of promises. The first set of promises involves blessing to…

This post, and the next few posts, will examine the way that the word “covenant” (בְּרִית) features in Genesis 12–22, which one of the key…

The word “covenant” in the Old Testament has a precise and consistent meaning. It doesn’t just mean ‘relationship’, as is commonly assumed today. Rather, “covenant”…

We’ve seen a couple of approaches to the task of detecting ‘covenant’ ideas in Paul. These approaches are, in the end, hopelessly subjective, because they…

How do you look for ‘covenantal’ ideas in Paul when he only rarely uses the word ‘covenant’? (This post is part of a series. See…

Being a Christian is about being in a relationship with God. Few people would deny this statement. But what, exactly, does this statement mean? What…