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Declaration and Covenant is a fascinating examination of covenant formulae from the Old Testament and the Ancient Near East. This study shows how covenant partners sometimes created their connection by an oral declaration like the formula: “I am yours, you are mine.” This oral declaration could affect the original covenantal union, or it could reaffirm the existing bond or reestablish a broken...

“Yahweh, the God of Israel–Israel, the people of Yahweh”—this phrase, J. Wellhausen contends, encapsulates the central theme of the whole OT and gives a comprehensive unity to the contents of the Hebrew Scriptures.1 This relationship between Yahweh and Israel finds expression in affirmative sentences such as, “I will be your God and you will be my people” whereby Yahweh declares both his covenant relationship2 to Israel and their corresponding fellowship with him. R. Smend
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