[see also: Ancient Near Eastern Treaties; Covenant: Specific Texts, 1 / 2 / 3; Jer 31,31-34]
The bibliography, which excludes for the most part titles on specific texts or text-blocks, is divided into five sections as follows:
Hayes, J. H., "Covenant", in W. E. Mills (gen. ed.), Mercer Dictionary of the Bible (Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1990) 177-181. Reprinted [same title], in J. H. Hayes, Interpreting Ancient Israelite History, Prophecy, and Law. Edited and introduced by B. E. Kelle (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2013) 269-281.
Hillers, D. R., "Covenant", in M. Eliade (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Religion (New York: Macmillan; London: Collier Macmillan, 1987) 4.133-137. [in the Second Edition of the Encyclopedia, this article was replaced by a new one written by E. Otto: see below]
Koch, C. – K. Backhaus – W. K. Gilders – A. J. Avery-Peck – D. Shatz – S. D. Breslauer – B. T. Coolman – M. Forward – D. K.-D. Hartwig – B. Britt – D. Hume, "Covenant", EBR 5 (2012) 897-933. See especially I: Ancient Near East (C. Koch) 897-900; II: Hebrew Bible / Old Testament (C. Koch) 900-908; III: New Testament (K. Backhaus) 908-912; IVA: Second Temple and Hellenistic Judaism (W. K. Gilders) 912-915.
Kutsch, E., "ברית berīt Verpflichtung", in E. Jenni – C. Westermann (eds.), THAT I (1971) 339-352; = "ברית berīt Impegno", DTAT I (1978) 295-306; = "ברית berīt compromiso, obligación", DTMAT I (1978) 491-509; = "ברית berīt obligation", TLOT I (1997) 256-266.
Kutsch, E., "Bund, I: Altes Testament; II: Frühes Judentum; III: Neues Testament und frühe Kirche", TRE 7 (1981) 397-403, 403-405, 406-410.
Lohfink, N., "Bund", in M. Görg – B. Lang (eds.), Neues Bibel-Lexikon, Band I: A–G (Zürich: Benzinger, 1991) 344-348.
McConville, G. J., "בְּרִית: treaty, agreement, alliance, covenant", in W. A. Van Gemeren (gen. ed.), New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan; Carlisle: Paternoster Press, 1997), I.747-755.
Mendenhall, G. E., "Covenant", IDB I (1962) 714-723.
Mendenhall, G. E. – G. A. Herion, "Covenant", ABD I (1992) 1179-1202.
Otto, E., "Covenant", in L. Jones (editor-in-chief), Encyclopedia of Religion. Second Edition (Detroit: Thomson Gale – Macmillan Reference USA, 2005) 3.2047-2051.
Riemann, P. A., "Covenant, Mosaic", IDBSup (1976) 192-197.
Ska, J. L., "Alianza", in J. L. Barriocanal (ed.), Diccionario del profetismo bíblico (Burgos: Monte Carmelo, 2008) 39-51.
Weinfeld, M., "Covenant", EncJud 5 (1971) 1012-1022. Unchanged reprint in the second edition: EncJud 5 (2007) 249-253.
Weinfeld, M., "ברית", TWAT I (1973) 781-808; = TDOT II (1975) 253-279; = GLAT I (1988) 1589-1644; = Diccionario Teológico del Antiguo Testamento I (Madrid: Cristiandad, 1978) 794-822.
Weinfeld, M., "Covenant, Davidic", IDBSup (1976) 188-192.
Aurelius, E., "Bundestheologie im Alten Testament. Ein Buch von Lothar Perlitt und seine Folgen", ZTK 111 (2014) 357-373.
Hahn, S., "Covenant in the Old and New Testaments: Some Current Research (1994–2004)", CBR 3.2 (April 2005) 263-292.
Hayes, J. H., "Covenant and Ḥesed: The Status of the Discussion", in J. H. Hayes, Interpreting Ancient Israelite History, Prophecy, and Law. Edited and introduced by B. E. Kelle (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2013) 282-293.
McCarthy, D. J., Der Gottesbund im Alten Testament. Ein Bericht über die Forschung der letzten Jahre (SBS 13; Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk, 1966). Italian version in D. J. McCarthy – G. E. Mendenhall – R. Smend, Per una teologia del patto nell'Antico Testamento (Collana biblica; Torino: Marietti, 1972) 13-73.
McCarthy, D. J., Old Testament Covenant: A Survey of Current Opinions (Growing Points in Theology; Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1972).
Nicholson, E. W., "Covenant in a Century of Study since Wellhausen", in A. S. van der Woude (ed.), Crises and Perspectives. Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Polytheism, Biblical Theology, Palestinian Archaeology and Intertestamental Literature. Papers read at the joint British-Dutch Old Testament Conference held at Cambridge, U.K., 1985 (OTS 24; Leiden: Brill, 1986) 54-69.
Otte, M., Der Begriff berit in der jüngeren alttestamentlichen Forschung. Aspekte der Forschungsgeschichte unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der semantischen Fragestellung bei Ernst Kutsch (EHS 23/803; Frankfurt a.M.: Peter Lang, 2005).
Avemarie, F. – H. Lichtenberger (eds.), Bund und Tora. Zur theologischen Begriffsgeschichte in alttestamentlicher, frühjüdischer und urchristlicher Tradition (WUNT 92; Tübingen: Mohr [Siebeck], 1996).
Balzani, V., et al., L'alleanza (Parola, spirito e vita, 84; Bologna: EDB, 2021).
Bautch, R. J. – G. N. Knoppers (eds.), Covenant in the Persian Period: From Genesis to Chronicles (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2015).
Burger, H. – G. Kwakkel – M. Mulder (eds.), Covenant: A Vital Element of Reformed Theology. Biblical, Historical and Systematic-Theological Perspectives (Studies in Reformed Theology; Leiden: Brill, 2021). [an Open Access volume]
Dohmen, C. – C. Frevel (eds.), Für immer verbündet: Studien zur Bundestheologie der Bibel (SBS 211; Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk, 2007).
Eberhart, C. A. – W. Kraus (eds.), Covenant – Concepts of Berit, Diatheke, and Testamentum. Proceedings of the Conference at the Lanier Theological Library in Houston, Texas, November 2019. In collaboration with R. J. Bautch, M. Henze, and M. Rösel (WUNT 506; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2023).
MacDonald, N. (ed.), Covenant and Election in Exilic and Post-Exilic Judaism. Studies of the Sofja Kovalevskaja Research Group on Early Jewish Monotheism, vol. V (FAT II/79; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2015).
Mayes, A. D. H. – R. B. Salters (eds.), Covenant as Context: Essays in Honour of E. W. Nicholson (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003).
McCarthy, D. J. – G. E. Mendenhall – R. Smend, Per una teologia del patto nell'Antico Testamento (Collana biblica; Torino: Marietti, 1972).
McCarthy, D. J., Institution and Narrative: Collected Essays (AnBib 108; Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1985).
Porter, S. E. – J. C. de Roo (eds.), The Concept of the Covenant in the Second Temple Period (JSJSup 71; Leiden: Brill, 2003).
Sedlmeier, F. – H. U. Steymans (eds.), Bundestheologie bei Hosea? Eine Spurensuche (BZAW 522; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2022).
Zenger, E. (ed.), Der Neue Bund im Alten. Studien zur Bundestheologie der beiden Testamente (QD 146; Freiburg: Herder, 1993).
Baltzer, K., Das Bundesformular (WMANT 4; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1960, 21964); = The Covenant Formulary in Old Testament, Jewish and Early Christian Writings (Oxford: Blackwell; Philadelphia: Fortress, 1971).
Bautch, R. J., Glory and Power, Ritual and Relationship: The Sinai Covenant in the Postexilic Period (LHB/OTS 471; London: T & T Clark, 2009).
Block, D. I., Covenant: The Framework of God's Grand Plan of Redemption (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2021).
Buis, P., La notion de l'Alliance dans l'Ancien Testament (LD 88; Paris: Cerf, 1976).
Chang, D. D., Phineas, the Sons of Zadok and Melchizedek: Priestly Covenant in Late Second Temple Texts (LSTS 90; London & New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2016).
Charpin, D., «Tu es de mon sang»: Les alliances dans le Proche-Orient ancien (Docet omnia, 4; Paris: Les Belles Lettres, Collège de France, 2019).
Crouch, C. L., Israel and the Assyrians: Deuteronomy, the Succession Treaty of Esarhaddon, and the Nature of Subversion (ANEM 8; Atlanta, GA: SBL Press, 2014). The volume can be downloaded here.
Groß, W., Zukunft für Israel. Alttestamentliche Bundeskonzepte und die aktuelle Debatte um den Neuen Bund (SBS 176; Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk, 1998).
Hahn, S., Kinship by Covenant: A Canonical Approach to the Fulfillment of God’s Saving Promises (AYBRL; New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2009).
Hillers, D. R., Treaty Curses and the Old Testament Prophets (BibOr 16; Rome: Pontifical Biblical Institute, 1964). Reprinted in D. R. Hillers, Poets Before Homer: Collected Essays on Ancient Literature. Edited by F. W. Dobbs-Allsopp (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2015) 97-189.
Hillers, D. R., Covenant: The History of a Biblical Idea (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1969).
Kalluveettil, P., Declaration and Covenant. A Comprehensive Review of Covenant Formulae from the Old Testament and the Ancient Near East (AnBib 88; Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1982).
Koch, C., Vertrag, Treueid und Bund. Studien zur Rezeption des altorientalischen Vertragsrechts im Deuteronomium und zur Ausbildung der Bundestheologie im Alten Testament (BZAW 383; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2008).
Krause, J. J., Die Bedingungen des Bundes: Studien zur konditionalen Struktur alttestamentlicher Bundeskonzeptionen (FAT 140; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2020).
Kutsch, E., Verheißung und Gesetz. Untersuchungen zum sogenannten «Bund» im Alten Testament (BZAW 131; Berlin: De Gruyter, 1973).
Kutsch, E., Neues Testament – Neuer Bund? Eine Fehlübersetzung wird korrigiert (Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1978).
Levin, C., Die Verheißung des neuen Bundes in ihrem theologiegeschichtlichen Zusammenhang ausgelegt (FRLANT 137; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1985). [for his views on the background of the prophetic promises see esp. pp. 61-131: "Die Vorgeschichte der Bundesverheißung. Ursprünge und Entwicklung der alttestamentlichen Bundestheologie"]
McCarthy, D. J., Treaty and Covenant. A Study in Form in the Ancient Oriental Documents and in the Old Testament. Second edition completely rewritten (AnBib 21A; Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1978). [first edition: AnBib 21, 1963]
McKenzie, S. L., Covenant (Understanding Biblical Themes, 3; St Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2000).
Mendenhall, G. E., Law and Covenant in Israel and the Ancient Near East (Pittsburgh, PA: The Biblical Colloquium, 1955); = Recht und Bund in Israel und dem Alten Vorderen Orient (Theologische Studien, 64: Zürich: EVZ-Verlag, 1960). [this book is a reprint of his two articles in BA 1954 listed in the "Chapters and Articles" section below]
Miller, R. D., Covenant and Grace in the Old Testament: Assyrian Propaganda and Israelite Faith (Perspectives on Hebrew Scriptures and its Contexts, 16; Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias, 2012).
Nicholson, E. W., God and His People. Covenant and Theology in the Old Testament (Oxford: Clarendon, 1986).
Perlitt, L., Bundestheologie im Alten Testament (WMANT 36; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1969).
Renaud, B., Nouvelle ou éternelle alliance? Le message des prophètes (LD 189; Paris: Cerf, 2002).
Rendtorff, R., Die 'Bundesformel': eine exegetisch-theologische Untersuchung (SBS 160; Stuttgart: Katholisches Bibelwerk, 1995); = The Covenant Formula: An Exegetical and Theological Investigation (Old Testament Studies; Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1998); = La 'formula dell'alleanza'. Ricerca esegetica e teologica (Studi biblici, 128; Brescia: Paideia, 2001).
Serafini, F., L'alleanza levitica. Studio sulla berît di Dio con i sacerdoti leviti nell'Antico Testamento (Studi e ricerche, sezione biblica; Assisi: Cittadella Editrice, 2006).
Smend, R., Die Bundesformel (Theologische Studien, 68; Zürich: EVZ-Verlag, 1963). Reprinted [same title] in R. Smend, Die Mitte des Alten Testaments. Gesammelte Studien 1 (BEvT 99; München: Kaiser, 1986) 11-39. Reprinted again in R. Smend, Die Mitte des Alten Testaments. Exegetische Aufsätze (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2002) 1-29. Italian: "La formula di alleanza", in D. J. McCarthy – G. E. Mendenhall – R. Smend, Per una teologia del patto nell'Antico Testamento (Collana biblica; Torino: Marietti, 1972) 121-153. English: "The Covenant Formula", in R. Smend, 'The Unconquered Land' and Other Old Testament Essays: Selected Studies by Rudolf Smend. Edited by E. Ball and M. Barker (SOTSMS; Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate, 2013) 41-71.
Thompson, R. J., Terror of the Radiance: Aššur Covenant to YHWH Covenant (OBO 258; Fribourg: Academic Press; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013).
Vogels, W., La promesse royale de Yahweh préparatoire à l'alliance. Étude d'une forme littéraire de l'Ancien Testament (Ottawa: Editions de l'Université d'Ottawa, 1970).
Vogels, W., God's Universal Covenant: A Biblical Study (Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 1979).
Wilkens, L., Von unendlicher Huld und Treue: Studien zur Theologie des Bundes (Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2014).
Williamson, P. R., Sealed with an Oath: Covenant in God's Unfolding Purpose (New Studies in Biblical Theology, 23; Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2007).
Ackerman, S., "The Personal is Political: Convenantal and Affectionate Love (’āhēb, ’ahăbâ) in the Hebrew Bible", VT 52 (2002) 437-458.
Baena, C., "La terminología de la Alianza (ברית)", EstBib 29 (1970) 5-54.
Barr, J., "Some Semantic Notes on the Covenant", in H. Donner – R. Hanhart – R. Smend (eds.), Beiträge zur Alttestamentlichen Theologie. Festschrift für Walther Zimmerli zum 70. Geburtstag (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1977) 23-38. Reprinted in J. Barr, Bible and Interpretation: The Collected Essays of James Barr. Vol. II: Biblical Studies, edited by J. Barton (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013) 164-177.
Barton, J., "Covenant in Old Testament Theology", in A. D. H. Mayes – R. B. Salters (eds.), Covenant as Context: Essays in Honour of E. W. Nicholson (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003) 23-38. Reprinted in J. Barton, The Old Testament: Canon, Literature and Theology. Collected Essays of John Barton (Society for Old Testament Study Monographs; Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007) 269-278.
Batto, B. F., "The Covenant of Peace: A Neglected Ancient Near Eastern Motif," CBQ 49 (1987) 187-211.
Bautch, R. J., "Covenant", in M. Henze – D. Lincicum (eds.), Israel's Scriptures in Early Christian Writings: The Use of the Old Testament in the New (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2023) 645-673.
Beauchamp, P., "Propositions sur l'alliance de l'Ancien Testament comme structure centrale", RechScRel 58 (1970) 161-194. Reprint [same title] in P. Beauchamp, Pages exégètiques (LD 202; Paris: Cerf, 2005) 55-86.
Bekkum, K. van, "Biblical Covenants in Their Ancient Near Eastern Context: A Methodological, Historical and Theological Reassessment", in H. Burger – G. Kwakkel – M. Mulder (eds.), Covenant: A Vital Element of Reformed Theology. Biblical, Historical and Systematic-Theological Perspectives (Studies in Reformed Theology; Leiden: Brill, 2021) 43-78. [an Open Access volume]
Bickerman, E. J., "'Couper une alliance'", Archives d'histoire du droit oriental 5 (1950-1951) 133-156. Reprinted [same title] in E. J. Bickerman, Studies in Jewish and Christian History. Part One (Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity = Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums, 9; Leiden: Brill, 1976) 1-32. English version: "'Cutting a Covenant'", in E. J. Bickerman, Studies in Jewish and Christian History. A New Edition in English including "The God of the Maccabees". Volume One. Edited by A. Tropper (Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums, 68; Leiden: Brill, 2007) 1-31.
Botta, A. F., "How Long Does an Eternal Covenant Last? עולם in the Light of Aramaic-Egyptian Legal Documents", Bible Translator 59 (2008) 158-163.
Botta, A. F., "Covenant and Liberation: Diachronic Perspectives", in K. L. Noll – B. Schramm (eds.), Raising Up a Faithful Exegete: Essays in Honor of Richard D. Nelson (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2010) 261-274.
Cazelles, H., "Alliance de Sinai, alliance de l'Horeb et renouvellement de l'alliance", in H. Donner – R. Hanhart – R. Smend (eds.), Beiträge zur Alttestamentlichen Theologie. Festschrift für Walther Zimmerli zum 70. Geburtstag (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1977) 69-79.
Cazelles, H., "Les structures successives de la 'berît' dans l'Ancien Testament", in H. Cazelles, Autour de l'Exode (Études) (Sources Bibliques; Paris: Gabalda, 1987) 143-156. This was a revised version of paper [same title] in Bulletin du Centre Protestant d'Études 36/3-4 (1984) 33-46.
Christiansen, B. – E. Devecchi, "Die hethitischen Vasallenverträge und die biblische Bundeskonzeption", BN 156 (2013) 65-87.
Clements, R. E., "Covenant and Canon in the Old Testament", in R. W. A. McKinney (ed.), Creation, Christ and Culture: Studies in Honour of T. F. Torrance (Edinburgh: T. and T. Clark, 1976) 1-12.
Cross, F. M., "Kinship and Covenant in Ancient Israel", in F. M. Cross, From Epic to Canon: History and Literature in Ancient Israel (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998) 3-21 [hitherto unpublished].
Davidsen, O., "Bund: ein religionssemiotischer Beitrag zur Definition der alttestamentlichen Bundesstrukter", Linguistica Biblica 48 (Dez. 1980) 49-96.
Davidson, R., "Covenant Ideology in Ancient Israel", in R. E. Clements (ed.), The World of Ancient Israel. Sociological, Anthropological and Political Perspectives. Essays by Members of the Society of Old Testament Study (Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1989) 323-347.
Dell, K. J., "Covenant and Creation in Relationship", in A. D. H. Mayes – R. B. Salters (eds.), Covenant as Context: Essays in Honour of E. W. Nicholson (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003) 111-134.
Edenburg, C., "From Covenant to Connubium: Persian Period Developments in the Perception of Covenant in the Deuteronomistic History", in R. J. Bautch – G. N. Knoppers (eds.), Covenant in the Persian Period: From Genesis to Chronicles (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2015) 131-149.
Egger-Wenzel, R., "Covenant of Peace (ברית שלום) – An Eschatological Term?", in J. Liesen – P. C. Beentjes (eds.), Visions of Peace and Tales of War (Deuterocanonical and Cognate Literature. Yearbook 2010; Berlin: De Gruyter, 2010) 35-68.
Eichrodt, W., "Darf man heute von einem Gottesbund mit Israel reden?", TZ 30 (1974) 193-206.
Eynde, S. van den, "Covenant Formula and ברית: The Links between a Hebrew Lexeme and a Biblical Concept", OTE 12 (1999) 122-148.
Fensham, F. C., "Father and Son as Terminology for Treaty and Covenant", in H. Goedicke (ed.), Near Eastern Studies in Honor of W. F. Albright (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1971) 121-135.
Fohrer, G., "Altes Testament – «Amphiktyonie» und «Bund»?", TLZ 91 (1966) 801-816, 893-904. Reprinted in G. Fohrer, Studien zur alttestamentlichen Theologie und Geschichte (1949-1966) (BZAW 115; Berlin: De Gruyter, 1969) 84-119.
Foster, S. J., "A Prototypical Definition of ברית, 'Covenant' in Biblical Hebrew", OTE 19 (2006) 35-46.
Fox, M. V., "Ṭôḇ as Covenant Terminology", BASOR 209 (Feb. 1973) 41-42.
Franco, E., "L'antichità dell'alleanza nuova", RivB 60 (2012) 293-328.
Freedman, D. N., "Divine Commitment and Human Obligation: The Covenant Theme", Int 18 (1964) 419-431.
Freedman, D. N. – D. Miano, "People of the New Covenant," in S. E. Porter – J. C. de Roo (eds.), The Concept of the Covenant in the Second Temple Period (JSJSup 71; Leiden: Brill, 2003) 7-26.
Geller, S. A., "The God of the Covenant", in B. N. Porter (ed.), One God or Many? Concepts of Divinity in the Ancient World (Transactions of the Casco Bay Assyriological Institute, 1; Chebeague, ME: The Casco Bay Assyriological Institute, 2000) 273-319.
Gerleman, G., "Die 'Besonderheit'. Untersuchungen zu berît im Alten Testament", in G. Gerleman, Studien zur alttestamentlichen Theologie (Franz Delitzsch Vorlesungen, Neue Folge; Heidelberg: Lambert Schneider, 1980) 24-37.
Görg, M., "Etymologisch-semantische Perspektiven zu ברית", in H.-J. Fabry (ed.), Bausteine biblischer Theologie. Festgabe für G. Johannes Botterweck zum 60. Geburtstag dargebracht von seinen Schülern (BBB 50; Köln – Bonn: Hanstein, 1977) 25-36.
Görg, M., "Zur Bezeichnung bryt (P. Anast. II 8, 12)", Göttinger Miszellen: Beiträge zur ägyptologischen Diskussion 27 (1978) 23-24.
Goshen-Gottstein, M., "Problemgeschichte von Bundestheologie und Gott-Mensch-Verhältnis", in J. Schreiner (ed.), Wort, Lied und Gottesspruch. Festschrift für Josef Ziegler. Band II: Beiträge zu Psalmen und Propheten (FB 2; Würzburg: Echter, 1972) 155-170.
Habets, G., "Bund im Alten Testament: Gabe und Aufgabe. Berīt, ein Bedeutungsfeld", Teresianum 35 (1984) 3-35.
Halbe, J., Das Privilegrecht Jahwes Ex 34,10-26: Gestalt und Wesen, Herkunft und Wirken in vordeuteronomischer Zeit (FRLANT 114; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1975), esp. 230-255.
Hanson, P. D., "The Theological Significance of the Covenant", in G. W. Coats – B. O. Long (eds.), Canon and Authority. Essays in Old Testament Religion and Theology (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1977) 110-131.
Hanson, P. D., "Covenant and Politics", in J. T. Strong – S. S. Tuell (eds.), Constituting the Community: Studies on the Polity of Ancient Israel in Honor of S. Dean McBride Jr (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2005) 205-233.
Haran, M., "The Berît 'Covenant': Its Nature and Ceremonial Background", in M. Cogan – B. L. Eichler – J. H. Tigay (eds.), Tehillah le-Moshe: Biblical and Judaic Studies in Honor of Moshe Greenberg (Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 1997) 203-219.
Harrison, T. P., "Recent Discoveries at Tayinat (Ancient Kunulua – Calno) and their Biblical Implications", in C. M. Maier (ed.), Congress Volume Munich 2013 (VTSup 163; Leiden: Brill, 2014) 396-425.
Hayes, J. H., "Covenant and Ḥesed: The Status of the Discussion", in J. H. Hayes, Interpreting Ancient Israelite History, Prophecy, and Law. Edited and introduced by B. E. Kelle (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2013) 282-293.
Hermisson, H.-J., "§14: Bund und Erwählung", in H. J. Boecker – H.-J. Hermisson – J. M Schmidt – L. Schmidt, Altes Testament (Neukirchener Arbeitsbücher; Neukirchen-Vluyn: Neukirchener Verlag, 1983) 222-243.
Herr, B., "Die Bedingungen des Bundes und die Bedingtheit der Forschung. Ein Schlaglicht auf die aktuelle Diskussion zur alttestamentlichen Bundestheologie", TGl 112 (2022) 2-14.
Herrmann, S., "'Bund' eine Fehlübersetzung von 'berīt'? Zur Auseinandersetzung mit Ernst Kutsch", in S. Herrmann, Gesammelte Studien zur Geschichte und Theologie des Alten Testaments (TB 75; München: Kaiser, 1986) 210-220.
Hossfeld, F.-L., "Bund und Verheißung in nachexilischen Bundestexten", in F. Bruckmann – R. Dausner (eds.), Im Angesicht der Anderen: Gespräche zwischen christlicher Theologie und jüdischem Denken: Festschrift für Josef Wohlmuth zum 75. Geburtstag (Studien zu Judentum und Christentum, 25; Paderborn: Schöningh, 2013) 205-223.
Jepsen, A., "Berith. Ein Beitrag zur Theologie der Exilszeit", in A. Kuschke (ed.), Verbannung und Heimkehr. Beiträge zur Geschichte und Theologie Israels im 6. und 5. Jahrhundert v.Chr. (Tübingen: Mohr [Siebeck], 1961) 161-179.
Kapelrud, A. S., "The Covenant as Agreement", SJOT (1, 1988) 30-38.
Kitchen, K. A., "Egypt, Ugarit, Qatna and Covenant", UF 11 (1979) 453-464.
Kitchen, K. A., "The Fall and Rise of Covenant, Law, and Treaty", TynBul 40 (1989) 118-135.
Kitchen, K. A., "Covenant, Law, and Treaty", in his On the Reliability of the Old Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2003) 283-307.
Knoppers, G. N., "Ancient Near Eastern Royal Grants and the Davidic Covenant: A Parallel?", JAOS 116 (1996) 670-697.
Kruger, P. A., "Symbolic Acts Relating to Old Testament Treaties and Relationships", JSem 2 (1990) 156-170.
Kutsch, E., "Der Begriff ברית in vordeuteronomischer Zeit", in F. Maass (ed.), Das ferne und das nahe Wort. Festschrift L. Rost (BZAW 105; Berlin: Töpelmann, 1967) 133-143.
Kutsch, E., "Gesetz und Gnade", ZAW 79 (1967) 18-35.
Kutsch, E., Von ברית zu 'Bund', KD 14 (1968) 159-182.
Kutsch, E., "Gottes Zuspruch und Anspruch. Berît in der alttestamentlichen Theologie", in C. Brekelmans (ed.), Questions disputées d'Ancien Testament. Méthode et Théologie (BETL 33; Gembloux: Duculot, 1974; Leuven: Leuven University Press, 21989) 71-90.
Kwakkel, G., "Berith and Covenants in the Old Testament: A Contribution to a Fruitful Cooperation of Exegesis and Systematic Theology", in H. Burger – G. Kwakkel – M. Mulder (eds.), Covenant: A Vital Element of Reformed Theology. Biblical, Historical and Systematic-Theological Perspectives (Studies in Reformed Theology; Leiden: Brill, 2021) 21-42. [an Open Access volume]
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