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Horst Preuss begins a comprehensive, two volume analysis of the theology of the Old Testament with this edition. He focuses on a detailed assessment of Israel’s responses to God’s acts of election and covenant with them as a people. This highly applicable study provides a theological lens through which to properly understand many of the books of the Old Testament and their relation to the whole. ...

people” (Isa. 1:3, 7; cf. 5:7; Jer. 9:6; Amos 7:8, 15; Micah 6:3; Exod. 3:7 J; 3:10 E; and 7:4 P; the contrasting statement, “not my people,” occurs in Hos. 1:9) and also “my inheritance” (a later and more deliberate expression; Deut. 4:20 and 9:26, 29), for Israel is set apart and made holy by YHWH (Jer. 2:3). According to Ps. 74:2, YHWH has acted to make Israel his people within the context of history. The phrase “the people of YHWH’s own possession” is used in order to express in a suitable manner YHWH’s
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