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Declaration and Covenant: A Comprehensive Review of Covenant Formulae from the Old Testament and the Ancient Near East is unavailable, but you can change that!

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...

Our theme, Declaration Formula in OT Secular Covenants (e.g., “I am your brother”, “we are your vassals”), is a study of a specific aspect of secular covenant. Specific questions need to be studied in context and so the first two chapters will be devoted to a general survey of OT secular covenant. This brief presentation will serve not only to introduce the theme, i.e., to draw attention to the presence of oral declarative acts of relationship in covenant
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