Treaty and covenant
Subtitle: a study in form in the ancient Oriental documents and in the Old Testament
By: Dennis J. McCarthy
Edition: New ed. completely rewritten.
Series: Analecta Biblica -- 21a; Analecta biblica -- 21a.
Publisher: Biblical Institute
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Rome
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
Subjects: Treaties; Bible; Biblical teaching; Hittite Law; Criticism, interpretation; Covenant theology; Interpretation and construction
Notes: "The result of a doctoral dissertation ... presented to the Institut catholique de Paris."

Includes indexes.

Accompanied by Ebla: orkia temnein, ṭb, šlm: addenda to Treaty and Covenant; Biblica, v. 60, fasc. 2, 1979, p. 247-253.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-342).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The earliest material ; Hittite parity treaties ; Hittite vassal treaties; title: Treaties from Syria; title: Treaties from Assyria; title: The treaties : a basic unity; title: The treaties : diversity; title: Deuteronomy : the central discourse; title: Deuteronomy : the framework; title: Samuel, Joshua; title: Sinai; title: Conclusions.