Category Archives: Genesis 15
The Fundamentals of Christianity, as encoded in the Writings of Moses

The core of the Christian/Jewish polemic: What was Moses trying to say? At the very core of the ministry of Jesus, and the teachings of his apostles, is a fundamental claim about what Moses was saying in the first five books of the Bible. Either he was saying that the Covenant struck at Mt Sinai […]
- February 15, 2015
- / Category Covenant, Election, Genesis 11, Genesis 12, Genesis 15, Genesis 17, Hidden, Judaiser, Justification, Research, Righteousness, Sabbath
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
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Ishmael: In the Abrahamic Covenant, or not?

Ishmael: Sidestepped or Sidelined? Abraham is the Patriarch who was chosen by God to be the ancestor of the People of God. Ishmael was Abraham’s eldest son. When Abraham was given the sign of his covenant with God, circumcision, he circumcised Ishmael into that covenant. But subsequent text in the Bible raises some questions as […]
- May 27, 2013
- / Category Birthright, Circumcision, Covenant, Genesis 12, Genesis 15, Genesis 17, Genesis 21, Genesis 25, Genesis 37
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
- / 5 Comments.
The Big Biblical Covenants and their Relationship to Hittite Suzerainty Treaties

Summary The four “major covenants”, with Noah, Abraham, Moses and David are reviewed with a particular eye to their possible relationship with the Hittite suzerainty form of treaty, in the ancient Near East. The formal features of the four covenants are compared to the Hittite treaty form, and also considered without that constraint for their […]
- July 18, 2012
- / Category 2 Samuel 7, Covenant, Exodus 20, Genesis 12, Genesis 15, Genesis 17, Genesis 6, Genesis 8, Genesis 9, Jeremiah 31, Research, Suzerainty, The Book of Jeremiah
- / Posted By Kevin Bennett
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