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| List of Abbreviations | |
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| Preface | |
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| The Covenant with Creation | |
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| The Semantic Evidence in Favour of Genesis 6:18 Referring Back | |
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| Karat berit | |
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| Hqm brt | |
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| Genesis 1: Creation Producing an Ordered World | |
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| Genesis 1:26-28: The Creation of Humankind in the Image | |
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| Image | |
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| Genesis 2: The Unending Seventh Day | |
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| The Garden as Separated from Its World | |
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| The Garden as a Sanctuary | |
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| Adam in the Garden | |
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| The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil | |
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| Adam and Israel | |
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| The Nature of Dominion | |
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| The Doctrine of Grace in the Garden | |
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| Male and Female (Gen. 2:18-25) | |
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| Genesis and Eschatology | |
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| Genesis 3: The Fall | |
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| The effects of the fall | |
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| The fall and Romans 8:18-23 | |
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| The Covenant with Abraham | |
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| The Call of Abram and Its Relationship to Genesis 11:1-9 | |
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| The Implications of Babel and Redemption through Abram | |
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| Genesis 12:1-3 as a response to Genesis 3-11 | |
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| Genesis 12:1-3 | |
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| The Significance of 'Blessing' | |
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| Blessing as operative in the patriarchal narratives | |
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| Israel and Outreach (Gen. 12:3b) | |
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| Blessing and Curse: The Abrahamic 'Way' | |
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| Genesis 11:27 - 25:11: The Problem of an Heir for Abram | |
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| Genesis 15: The Covenant with Abraham | |
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| The covenant ritual of Genesis 15:18 | |
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| Genesis 15: Analysis of the Chapter | |
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| The adoption of Eliezer | |
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| Genesis 15:7-21 and the inauguration of the covenant with Abram | |
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| Genesis 17 | |
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| Genesis 17 as a summary of the Abrahamic covenant. Is the notion of berit in the chapter uniform? | |
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| The Operation of the Abrahamic Promises in the Later Patriarchal Narratives | |
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| The Covenant of Circumcision | |
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| Obligation as a Feature of Old Testament Divine Covenants | |
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| Hb. Natan in Genesis 17 | |
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| Later Old Testament References to the Abrahamic Promises | |
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| Summary | |
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| Genesis 22 | |
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| The Sinai and Mosaic Covenants | |
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| Yahweh and the Call of Moses | |
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| The Name of Yahweh | |
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| The General Setting of Exodus 19:3b-8 | |
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| Israel as a 'Priestly Royalty'/'Holy Nation' | |
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| Israel's Function within the Abrahamic Covenant | |
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| Exodus 20 and the Meaning of Hb. Torah | |
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| 'Commandments' (Exod. 20) and 'Ordinances' (Exod.21-23) | |
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| Israel's Understanding of the Sinai Covenant | |
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| The Hittite Treaty Analogies | |
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| The application of the model to Exodus 19-24 | |
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| Israel as Yahweh's vassal | |
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| The Covenant and Family Relationships | |
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| Exodus 15: The Goal of the Sinai Covenant | |
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| Worship as the Recognition of Divine Kingship (Exod. 25-31) | |
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| Exodus 32 - 34: Apostasy and Covenant Renewal | |
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| The Veil of Moses and the History of Israel (2 Cor. 3:14-15) | |
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| Spirit and Veil (2 Cor. 3:17) | |
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| The Veil of Moses (Exod. 34:29-35) | |
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| Moses' Mediatory Role | |
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| Sacrifice and Leviticus | |
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| The efficacy of the sacrificial system | |
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| The meaning of the sacrificial system | |
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| Deuteronomy: The Application of the Covenant | |
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| Law in Deuteronomy | |
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| The Ten Commandments in Deuteronomy | |
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| Torah in the Old Testament | |
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| The Decalogue in Detail | |
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| Interpretation of the Ten Words | |
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| Detailed analysis | |
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| Israel's Supreme Command | |
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| Our God is Yahweh, Yahweh alone | |
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| Deuteronomy 7: Israel's Election | |
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| Fear and Love in Deuteronomy | |
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| Remembering in Deuteronomy | |
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| Deuteronomy - Life in the Land | |
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| Deuteronomy 26: a summarizing theology | |
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| Canaan as Israel's 'inheritance' | |
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| Canaan as Eden recaptured | |
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| 'Given' and yet 'to be taken' | |
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| 'Rest' in the Land | |
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| Sabbath in Deuteronomy | |
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| The Message of Deuteronomy 4:27-31: Exile, Conversion, Covenant Return (Hb. Shub) | |
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| Covenant Renewal and Israel's Future in the Promised Land | |
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| Deuteronomy 29:10-28: The Fundamental Relationship Required | |
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| Deuteronomy 30:1-10: What If? | |
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| The Davidic Covenant The Covenant and Messiahship | |
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| The Historical Background to the Rise of Kingship | |
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| The Period of the Judges | |
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| Samuel and the Rise of the Monarchy | |
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| The crisis (1 Sam. 1-6) | |
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| The request for a king and the choice of Saul | |
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| The Emergence of the Prophetic Office | |
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| Messianism: A Theology of Kingship | |
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| The Order of 2 Samuel 6-7: Sanctuary and Kingship | |
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| 2 Samuel 6 and the Function of the Ark | |
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| 2 Samuel 7:1-16: A Charter for the Davidic Dynasty | |
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| The theme of the chapter | |
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| David as the architect of 'rest' | |
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| The Refusal of Permission to Build a 'House' | |
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| Reasons for the choice of Solomon as builder | |
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| The Nature of the Indwelling Divine Presence | |
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| Eternal Davidic kingship | |
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| Summary to this point | |
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| 2 Samuel 7:18-29: The Charter of Humanity | |
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| Priest after the Order of Melchizedek | |
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| Development of Davidic Eschatology | |
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| The Davidic Influence | |
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| The Emergence of the 'People of God' Notion | |
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| Attempts at Covenant Renewal to the Exile | |
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| The Assessment of the Period in 1 and 2 Kings | |
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| Summary | |
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| The New Covenant | |
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| The Effect of the Exile | |
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| Covenant Exposition in the Pre-Exilic Prophets | |
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| 1 Kings 17-19 and Elijah | |
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| Amos | |
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| Hosea | |
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| Isaiah and Jeremiah: The Reaction of the Prophets to Their Times | |
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| Jeremiah 31:31-34: The New Covenant | |
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| The context of Jeremiah 30 - 31 | |
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| Jeremiah 31:31-34 | |
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| In what sense is the new covenant new? | |
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| With whom is the new covenant made? | |
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| What constitutes the continuity and the discontinuity of the new covenant? | |
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| What is the place of 'law' in the new covenant framework? | |
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| The 'no longer' of verse 34 | |
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| The Eschatological View Which Characterizes the New Covenant | |
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| Prophetic 'Realized' Eschatology | |
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| Ezekiel and the New Covenant | |
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| Ezekiel's blueprint for the return of Israel (33:21 - 39:29) | |
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| Ezekiel 40 - 48: the new creation | |
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| Ezekiel and Davidic Monarchy - New Covenant and Divine Kingship | |
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| The New Covenant Theology of Isaiah 40 � 66 | |
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| Re-creation through the divine word - covenant renewal | |
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| Servant and covenant | |
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| Isaiah 54 - 55: Review of Covenant Theology | |
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| Universalism and Particularism in Covenant Emphasis in Isaiah 40 - 55 | |
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| Survey of Isaiah 56-66 | |
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| The Question of the Fulfilment of the Exilic Prophetic Redaction | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Post-Exilic Developments | |
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| Daniel | |
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| Haggai and Zechariah | |
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| Malachi-Ezra-Nehemiah | |
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| The Wisdom Literature | |
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| Kingdom and Covenant | |
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| Covenant and Spirituality in the Old Testament | |
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| The Covenant Requirement: Law in the Heart | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Endnotes | |