A more general understanding of the sacrificial service may flow when considering an important aspect of covenant, the contractual partnership between God and His people. The two major covenants ...

This promise, found in Genesis 9:13-16, speaks of God’s mercy and His enduring faithfulness: “I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth.

Greenberg’s recently published magnum opus, The Triumph of Life: A Narrative Theology of Judaism, is arguably the most ...

God’s covenant with Abraham is depicted in a medieval illustration from a manuscript from around the 13th century, Rudolf von Ems’ depiction in the Weltchronik (World History).

These include the Noahic Covenant set out in Genesis 9, which was decreed between God and all living creatures, as well as a number of more specific covenants with Prophet Abraham, the whole ...

The covenant has a sign, a symbol that will remind future generations of God’s fidelity. “I have set my bow in the clouds,” God states, “to serve as a sign of the covenant between me and ...