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The Covenant Motif in Jeremiah's Book of Comfort: Textual and Intertextual Studies of Jeremiah 30-33 examines Jeremiah's promise of a new covenant that God will interiorize his law into people's hearts. This in-depth syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic study of selected texts in Jeremiah 30-33 comprises the foundation for a superb biblical theology of the new covenant. God's pledge that this covenant is «not like the one I made with your fathers» is explored in relation to the Abrahamic, Mosaic, and Davidic covenants. Tiberius Rata makes a theologically and hermeneutically balanced incursion into Old Testament texts used in the New Testament and provides a springboard for further discussion on difficult yet important issues such as the Lord's Supper and the future of Israel.
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The Author: Tiberius Rata is Professor of Old Testament Studies at Grace Theological Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana. He received his Ph.D. in Old Testament from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. Dr. Rata has published several articles in professional journals and dictionaries. Currently, he is working on an Ezra-Nehemiah commentary.
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«It is with enthusiasm that I recommend Tiberius Rata's book on the new covenant in Jeremiah. The new covenant raises issues of central importance to the relationship of the Old to the New Testament and this book helpfully guides us through that study. This book also provides the student of Jeremiah with a useful survey of the discussion of important issues such as the history of composition of the book.» (Tremper Longman III, Robert H. Gundry Professor of Biblical Studies, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California)
