Biblical Covenants
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This is an abridged version of my "Counting Stars with Abraham and the Prophets" (JETS 2015). Paul’s application of the “seed” designation to both Jews and Gentiles in Christ marks a redemptive-historical shift from an age of promise to... more
The Bible was almost entirely composed by Jewish writers. An examination of its Jewish or Hebraic roots provides considerable fresh insight into the Christian faith and worldview—particularly in respect of covenant, community and... more
Jeremiah starts this section 1-12 with a lesson about Yahweh and Judah from the potter’s workshop displaying the Potter's Freedon. Apostasy, idolatry, and judgment are the themes of verses 13-17. The choice of those in Judah to forsake... more
A large share of Puritan theology used to teach that there is a Covenant of Grace in time with men and also a Covenant of Redemption in eternity between the Father and the Son. Much of contemporary reformed theology collapses the two... more
When the OT prophets looked ahead to the future redemption, they anticipated a string of redemptive-historical events to be recapitulated in the future. Such recapitulation involves a new deliverance in a new Passover, new exodus, and... more
The volume "New Directions in Spiritual Kinship: Sacred Ties Across the Abrahamic Religions," edited by Todne Thomas, Asiya Malik and Rose Wellman, undertakes a comparative analysis of "spiritual kinship" (such as God-parenthood) in... more
The relevant texts share the idea of an unbreakable covenant of promise. After a situation of judgment, this covenant is granted for all time to either a priest or to the post-exilic reunited Israel (understood as the cultic community).... more
Covenant theology has always had a special place in the Reformed branch of theology. It is the ground for various other doctrines and functions also as a hermeneutical key to read and interpret the Scriptures. Although the great... more
A basic introduction to covenant theology as expressed in the Westminster Confession
YHWH made a unilaterally promissory covenant with David, the king of Israel. This research reviews YHWH’s offer of this covenant as well as the covenant’s nature and content.
Hans Burger, ‘ “Theirs are the covenants”. Israel and the so-called “covenant of grace” ’ Paper BEST-conference ‘Israel as hermeneutical challenge’, Kampen 23 maart 2018 One of the hermeneutical challenges of the living Israel to... more
Perhaps more than any other single text, Exodus 19:4–6 provides the Bible’s clearest and simplest snapshot of God’s revealed purpose for the old covenant. This essay seeks to interpret this passage within its immediate and broader... more
Originally:
Hans Burger, ‘The Structure of the Reformed Doctrine of the Covenant and the Covenant of Works’,
Paper conference ‘Covenant’, annual conference of the BEST research group (TUA/TUK), Apeldoorn 30th March 2017
Hans Burger, ‘The Structure of the Reformed Doctrine of the Covenant and the Covenant of Works’,
Paper conference ‘Covenant’, annual conference of the BEST research group (TUA/TUK), Apeldoorn 30th March 2017
This article responds to Adam Gregerman's article on covenant theology in recent Jewish-Catholic dialogue by arguing three points: (1) Scripture presents a multiplicity of covenants (rather than a singular "Old Covenant"), which coexist... more
In Romans 9:1-5, the Apostle Paul records his sorrow and grief over the plight of his kinsmen. They are the covenant people of God. To them belongs the covenant promises and many other blessings. Yet they have failed to embrace the... more
This article published in Master's Seminary Journal explores the notion of covenant within biblical theology and answers questions raised concerning Christ's relationship to the biblical covenants. While most interpretations favor Christ... more
The Introduction of this work provided background, historical, and textual information about Leviticus 26 as well as a detailed outline of this text. This Bible chapter revealed the corporate human responsibility of the chosen nation to... more
This paper is a translation of the article: Wojciech Kosek, Dlaczego Ostatnia Wieczerza w Ewangelii św. Jana (13-17) nie zawiera słów konsekracji? It was published in the book published by The Association of the Polish Biblical Scholars... more
I just turned this in for Israelology. I wish i could have done more to it. But i have to finish my advanced Greek work. Anyway, I will take all feedback. Thanks.
This paper attempts to derive godly leadership principles from the life of King Solomon as a Head’s Successor of Davidic Covenant. The interest for this paper sprang from my History of Christianity course learning on early church rapid... more
Ziel der Thesis ist es, die Bedeutung des Noachitischen Bundes im Kontext von Gebot und Verheißung in (a) der Beziehung der ersten Menschen zu Gott (vgl. Gen 1,26-30) und (b) der Sinaitischen Gesetzgebung darzustellen. Die Fragestellung... more
This essay attempts to define covenant as seen in the Old Testament. It will give an overview of some of the current and historical thinking on the subject and explain the types of covenant. Five covenants in particular shall be... more
The concept of New Covenant, as Sussanne Lehne notes, is not only a major theme in Hebrews but a linchpin without which the structure of the author’s thinking would fall apart and lose its coherence. Consequent upon the establishment of... more
A critical reassessment of treaty scholarship - in particular since the 1990s - and an exploration of its historical and theological implications.
Rather than addressing all instances of ruah in Ezekiel, this survey will focus on the references to ruah yhwh. There are three dimensions of the work of the ruah yhwh in the Book of Ezekiel: his dealings with the prophet, his combined... more
Examination of how Psalm 2, Psalm 45, Psalm 110 are related to 2 Samuel 7 (and Genesis 14) and how these texts are interpreted by the writers of the New Testament.
This book introduces readers to four central themes of the Old Testament: creation, covenant, prophecy, and kingship. By exploring these themes in the order of their appearance in the Bible, the book traces the biblical narrative as it... more
Though New Covenant Theology (NCT) has positive aspects such as an insistence on a biblically based theology, several aspects of the system are not so positive. For example, in seeking to pursue a middle course between dispensationalism... more
This was presented at the Far-West Evangelical Theological Society in March 2019 at California Baptist University and explores questions related to Christ and His relationship to the biblical covenants. The paper defends the only option... more
When John the Baptizer and Jesus Christ began proclaiming that the kingdom of heaven was at hand (Matthew 3:2; Matthew 4:17; Mark 1:15), what were they talking about? What was the crowd’s frame of reference for the “kingdom of heaven?”... more
Theme of the Pentateuch: Tripartite covenant; progeny, relationship with God, and Land.
The relationship between Achan and Israel in Josh 7 has puzzled commentators for thousands of years. Achan sinned, yet the anger, judgment, and punishment of the Lord came upon the Israelites at large, and the result was the death of... more
Recent defenders of the eternal, functional subordination of the Son have appealed to the trinitarian theology of John Owen in support of their claim that subordination to the Father is a personal property of the Son of God qua Son. In... more
This paper seeks to investigate the narrative of Genesis 15, specifically the animal rite of verses 9-12, 16-17a, in light of comparative and biblical parallels. Contrary to those who understand the animal rites of Genesis 15 as an... more
Final version of this article is published as
J.M. Burger, ‘The Story of God’s Covenants: A Biblical-Theological Investigation with Systematic Consequences’, in Calvin Theological Journal 54.2 (2019): 267–299
J.M. Burger, ‘The Story of God’s Covenants: A Biblical-Theological Investigation with Systematic Consequences’, in Calvin Theological Journal 54.2 (2019): 267–299
This is the first book-length study to explore the Hebrew Bible, and specifically the Pentateuch, as a coherent book of political philosophy. In Created Equal, Joshua Berman engages the text of the Hebrew Bible from a novel... more
The Introduction of this work provided background, historical, and textual information about Leviticus 26 as well as a detailed outline of this text. This section will show that this Bible chapter revealed the corporate human... more