Although he never held any official position or led any army or wrote any books, by any measure Abraham is one of the most important human beings in history. Jews, Christians and Muslims trace their roots in him in one way or another. This man who lived approximately two thousand years before Christ is a central figure to the biblical storyline in both Testaments.
Now this book deals with covenants. And the covenant with Abraham is one of the most important covenants in the Bible. Moreover, if it is not correctly understood it leads to massive theological fallout. Therefore, we must take care to examine the Abrahamic covenant (or covenants if some writers are to be believed) so as to get clear in our minds just what its terms are. Does it envisage only one theological topic? Or does it cover several? To a large extent the answer to these…
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