Includes bibliographical references and index.

Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Hans Burger, Gert Kwakkel and Michael Mulder -- Part 1: Biblical Perspectives -- 1 Berith and Covenants in the Old Testament -- A Contribution to a Fruitful Cooperation of Exegesis and Systematic Theology -- Gert Kwakkel -- 2 Biblical Covenants in Their Ancient Near Eastern Context -- A Methodological, Historical and Theological Reassessment -- Koert van Bekkum -- 3 Covenant in Deuteronomy: The Relationship between the Moab, Horeb, and Patriarchal Covenants -- Arie Versluis -- 4 What Does David Have to Do with It? The Promise of a New Covenant in the Book of Isaiah -- Jaap Dekker -- 5 The New Covenant in the Context of the Book of Jeremiah -- Mart-Jan Paul -- 6 The Concept of Covenant in Luke and Acts -- With Special Focus on the Speech of Peter in Acts 3: 12-26 -- Arco den Heijer -- 7 Is Covenant an Important Concept for the New Testament? -- Galatians 4: 21-31 as a Test Case -- Donald E. Cobb -- 8 Covenant, Election and Israel's Responsibility -- A Clarification through an Intertextual Analysis of Quotations from Scripture in Romans 10 -- Michael Mulder -- Part 2: Historical Perspectives -- 9 Not for Gentiles? The Covenant in Mekhilta de-Rabbi Ishmael -- Eveline van Staalduine-Sulman -- 10 The Concept of the 'New Covenant' (Jeremiah 31: 27-40) in Ancient Jewish Reception History -- Aaron Chun Fai Wan -- 11 From Zurich to Westminster: Covenant as Structuring Principle in Reformed Catechisms -- Daniël Timmerman -- 12 Heinrich Bullinger (1504-1575) and the Covenant of Works -- Pierrick Hildebrand -- 13 Friendship, Covenant, and Law: The Doctrine of the Covenant of Works in Johannes Braun (1628-1708) -- Matthias Mangold -- 14 The Fruitfulness of a Paradox: The Doctrine of the Covenant in Wilhelmus à Brakel (1635-1711) Reapplied -- Willem van Vlastuin -- Part 3: Systematic-Theological Perspectives -- 15 Covenant Theology as Trinitarian Theology -- A Discussion of The Contributions of Michael S. Horton, Scott W. Hahn, and N.T. Wright -- Arnold Huijgen -- 16 Theology without a Covenant of Works -- A Thought Experiment -- Hans Burger -- 17 Conditions in the Covenant -- Dolf te Velde -- 18 The Meaning of 'Covenant' in Educational Practices -- Towards a Framework for Qualitative Research -- Bram de Muynck -- Part 4: Concluding Reflections -- 19 Covenantal Theology: Risks and Chances of a Controversial Term -- Georg Plasger -- Index.

Covenant: A Vital Element of Reformed Theology provides a multi-disciplinary reflection on the theme of the covenant, from historical, biblical-theological and systematic-theological perspectives, aiming at the interaction between exegesis and dogmatics.

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