Covenant: The Framework of God’s Grand Plan of Redemption

Leading scholar Daniel Block helps students of the Bible understand the big picture of God's covenants with humanity as they play out in both the Old and New Testaments.

After fifty years of teaching and preaching experience around the globe, Block brings a lifetime of study and reflection on the Old Testament and relationship with God to this comprehensive volume. The book focuses on God's covenants as the means by which God has reached out to a fallen humanity. It examines the heart and history of God's redemptive plan and shows why the covenants are essential for our understanding of the Bible.

• Contents
• Introduction: Covenance and God's Grand Plan of Redemption in Scripture
• Part 1: The Cosmic and Adamic Covenants
  • 1. The Cosmic Covenant
  • Excursus: Eden as a Temple?
  • 2. The Adamic Covenant
• Part 2: The Israelite Covenant
  • Stage 1 of The Israelite Covenant
  • 3. The Origins of the Abrahamic Covenant
  • 4. The Continuation of the Abrahamic Covenant
  • Stage 2 of The Israelite Covenant
  • 5. The Establishment of the Israelite Covenant at Sinai: Exodus 1:1-31:18
  • 6. The Renewal and Completion of the Israelite Covenant at Sinai: Exodus 32-Leviticus 26
  • Excursus: The Levitical Covenant
  • Stage 3 of The Israelite Covenant
  • 7. Reaffirming the Covenant on the Plains of Moab
  • 8. The Nature of the Covenant Rituals and Laws on the Plains of Moab
  • Stage 4 of The Israelite Covenant
  • 9. The New Israelite Covenant
• Part 3: The Davidic Covenant
  • 10. The Historiographic Context, Nature, and Significance of the Davidic Covenant
  • 11. The Afterlife of the Davidic Covenant in Israelite Prophecy
  • 12. The Afterlife of the Davidic Covenant in the Psalter
• Part 4: Covenant in the New Testament
  • 13. The Cosmic and Adamic Covenants in the New Testament
  • 14. Stage 1 of the Israelite Covenant in the New Testament
  • 15. Stages 2 and 3 of the Israelite Covenant in New Testament Narratives
  • 16. Stages 2 and 3 of the Israelite Covenant in the Epistles
  • 17. Stage 4 of the Israelite Covenant in the New Testament
  • 18. The Davidic Covenant in the Gospels (1): Jesus' Early Life and Ministry
  • 19. The Davidic Covenant in the Gospels (2): Jesus' Passion and Resurrection
  • 20. The Davidic Covenant in the Remainder of the New Testament
• Concluding Reflections: Covenance and God's Grand Plan of Redemption in Scripture
• For Further Reading
• Indexes