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What the Old Testament Authors Really Cared about: A Survey of Jesus’ Bible is unavailable, but you can change that!

Written from an irenic, evangelical perspective, this Old Testament survey is designed to unpack what the biblical authors most intended to communicate in the Scripture that Jesus read. As the corresponding volume to the previously published What the New Testament Authors Really Cared About (Kregel Academic, 2008), it is well-suited for use in a college, seminary, or church context Students of...

The interrelationship of the covenants can be portrayed like an hourglass, with the most universal scope occurring at the two ends and the work of Christ at the center. The Adamic/Noahic, Abrahamic, Mosaic, and Davidic covenants are all named in light of the covenant head or mediator through whom God entered into a relationship with his elect. The new covenant is titled in light of its contrast to the “old” Mosaic administration and provides climax to all God’s purposes in history (see Jer. 31:31–34;
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