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The Covenant Formula: An Exegetical and Theological Investigation is unavailable, but you can change that!

An important contribution to a canonical interpretation of the Hebrew Bible. God’s covenant with Israel is one of the most important themes of Old Testament scholarship: “I will be your God, you shall be my people.” Yet this has only rarely been the focus of a comprehensive study. Professor Rendtorff explores the different ways the covenant formula is used in the Bible, its structural and...

II A NEW LOOK AT ‘THE COVENANT FORMULA’ 1. Introduction a) The History of Research That Yhwh is Israel’s God, and Israel Yhwh’s people is one of the central statements in the Old Testament. It is expressed in a variety of linguistic forms. Among these one characteristic phrase, almost formula-like in character, stands out clearly: ‘I will be God for you and you shall be a people for me.’1 Rudolf Smend was the first to subject this formula to a closer investigation, and through his study the term
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