Emphasis Preaching Journal

Delbert R. Hillers, professor at The Johns Hopkins University, wrote a book, Covenant, in which he traces the concept of covenant throughout the Bible. He shows that, similar to other covenants in contemporary Old Testament societies, biblical covenants had a number of distinctive elements. There was a preamble; a review of the history leading up to the covenant; the stipulations; provisions for where it was to be stored and when it was to be read; a list of witnesses; and resulting blessings and curses.