Covenant: Ancient Near East
Establishing covenants played an important part in the social and political life of the ancient Near East. Numerous texts of international treaties from the time of the Bible have been preserved. These covenants and treaties from the countries surrounding ancient Israel can shed more light on the meaning of the biblical covenant
- Hittite treaties from the late Bronze Age (1550-1200 BC);
- Assyrian oaths of fidelity from the early Iron Age (900-600 BC).
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