Bible Society of South Africa

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. The most important of these are:

  • Hittite treaties from the late Bronze Age (1550-1200 BC);
  • Assyrian oaths of fidelity from the early Iron Age (900-600 BC).

Bala ho feta?

“Ka akhaonto ya mahala, o ka:

  • bala diphetolelo tse ding ka dipuo tsohle tse molaong;
  • Mamela Bibele (diphetolelo tse 11 di se di fumaneha).
  • Bapisa diphetolelo tse fapaneng;
  • etsa hore boitsebelo ba hao ebe ba hao ka ho kenyeletsa dinoutso tsa hao le tseo o di hlakisitseng. Hape o tla kgona ho sheba dinoutso le dihlakiso tsa hao di arohane.
  • Fumana dihlooho le diatikele tsa nalane tse fetang 1100+ ka English le Afrikaans le dimmapa tse 52 tse mebalabala. .

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