In four previous posts, I provided a summary of points from Rendtorff’s The Covenant Formula. I became interested in the covenant formula due to my work in Revelation 21. Revelation quite clearly mentions the covenant in Revelation 11:19 when it…
The Covenant Formula by Rolf Rendtorff (part 4)
As I stated in my previous posts, the covenant formula occurs repeatedly in the Old Testament. It is part of the stock language of the Old Testament that is used to express God’s covenant relationship to his people. In The…
The Covenant Formula by Rolf Rendtorff (part 3)
As I stated in my previous posts, the covenant formula occurs repeatedly in the Old Testament. It is part of the stock language of the Old Testament that is used to express God’s covenant relationship to his people. In The…
The Covenant Formula by Rolf Rendtorff (part 2)
As I stated in my previous post, the covenant formula occurs repeatedly in the Old Testament. It is part of the stock language of the Old Testament that is used to express God’s covenant relationship to his people. In The…
The Covenant Formula by Rolf Rendtorff (part 1)
I have been interested in the “covenant formula” for a while, because it appeared to be an important aspect of the covenant language of the Old Testament. I found myself further drawn to the covenant formula when I began to…
The New Testament Documents: Are They Reliable? By F. F. Bruce (1981)
Like so many other students of the Bible, I have been impressed with the works of F. F. Bruce. He produced works that are insightful and readable. I have recommended his commentaries and other works to many seminary students and…
For the Love of God (volumes 1 and 2) by D.A. Carson: An Excellent Bible Reading Companion
I generally do not spend much time with books that I would classify as devotional guides, because it is so common to find them to be full of Christian principles that are only loosely connected to the Bible reading for…
Book Review of Revelation by Craig Koester
Revelation: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary. Craig R. Koester. Anchor Yale Bible. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014. 928 pages. Paperback, $65.00. Craig Koester is a professor of New Testament at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. He…