There are, however, some people who will hesitate about the language of new covenant, finding it theologically problematic rather than promising. At least two basic, related reasons for this exist: new-covenant language sounds supersessionist or anti-Jewish, and it sounds unrealistic (in the sense of “out of touch with reality”), if not arrogant. An entire book could be written about this subject, but we will limit ourselves to brief statements that are the tip of an iceberg of serious theological