How firm a foundation : the dispensations in the light of the divine covenants / Hal Harless.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harless, Hal, 1953-

Series:

Studies in biblical literature ; v. 63.

Studies in biblical literature ; v. 63

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Covenants--Biblical teaching.

Covenants.

Dispensationalism.

Physical Description:

xxii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : P. Lang, [2004]

Contents:

Part I The Meaning of Covenant

2 Ancient Near Eastern Covenants 7

The Antiquity and Nature of Covenant 7

Types of Covenants 12

3 Biblical Covenants 25

Covenant Terminology 25

Covenant Rituals 40

Covenant Types 41

4 Covenant As Structure 49

The Covenantal Structure of the Bible 49

A Critique of Covenant Theology and Dispensationalism 54

Part II The Divine Covenants

5 The Edenic Covenant 69

6 The Adamic Covenant 83

7 The Noahic Covenant 93

8 The Abrahamic Covenant 105

9 The Land Covenant 131

10 The Davidic Covenant 151

11 The New Covenant 167

12 The Mosaic Covenant 185

Beneficiaries 188

Stipulations 188

Establishment 190

Duration 194

Part III The Dispensations in the Light of the Divine Covenants

13 The Dispensation of Innocence 221

14 The Dispensation of Conscience 227

15 The Dispensation of Human Government 233

16 The Dispensation of Promise 239

17 The Dispensation of Law 247

18 The Dispensation of Grace 255

19 The Dispensation of the Kingdom 265

Duration and Characteristics 265

Covenants in Force 267

Stipulations in Force 267

20 Covenant and Dispensation 277

The Prescriptive Nature of the Divine Covenants 277

The Descriptive Nature of the Dispensations 279

The Complementary Nature of the Divine Covenants and the Dispensations 279.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [281]-290) and indexes.

ISBN:

0820469319

OCLC:

52720704