What is the definition of a promissory covenant

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I need help answering each of these questions for theology.

Part I: Covenants

1. What is the definition of a promissory covenant (see Week 4A slides)?

2. What is the three-part promise that God gives to Abraham (see Watts, p. 32)?

3. Considering your answers to #1 and 2, why is the covenant God makes with Abraham a promissory covenant?

4. What is the definition of a compact covenant or vassal treaty (see Week 4A slides)?

5. What are the six features of a compact covenant or vassal treaty, illustrated in God's covenant with Moses on Mt. Sinai (see Week 5A slides)?

6. Who is the suzerain in the Mosaic covenant (see Ex 20:1)?

7. What is the past beneficent deed of the suzerain in the Mosaic (Sinai) covenant (see Ex 20:2)?

8. How does the suzerain in the Mosaic (Sinai) covenant require loyalty (see Ex 20:3)?

9. What are the two main types of stipulations in the Mosaic (Sinai) covenant (see Week 5A slides)?

10. What is the difference between these two main types of stipulations in the Mosaic (Sinai) covenant (see Week 5A slides)?

11. Provide an example of each main type of stipulation in the Mosaic (Sinai) covenant. Cite a verse from the appropriate part of the book of Exodus (see Week 5A slides).

12. What is the promise God makes to David (see 2 Sam 7:11-16)? It this a promissory or compact covenant, and why?

13. What is the purpose of these covenants, i.e., what is God working to establish through them (see Dauphinais, 82)?

14. What are two things that the Davidic covenant adds to the Mosaic (Sinai) covenant (see Dauphinais, 97)? Why are these two things needed?

15. What are features of the "new covenant" that the people of Israel were awaiting (see Dauphinais, 105)?

Part II: Prophets

1. What institution emerges in Israel that results in the emergence of the full notion of prophecy (see Week 6B slides)?

2. What is the function of the prophet in relation to the institution identified in #1 above (see Week 6B slides)?

3. Who exemplifies the figure of the prophet in Israel's imagination (see Week 6B slides)?

4. What is the significance of Elijah's encounter with YHWH on Mount Sinai for how God is now revealed (see Week 6B slides)?

5. What are the two issues that the prophet Amos addresses in Amos 5 (see Week 6B slides)?

6. Why are the two issues identified in #5 above related (see Week 6B slides)?

7. What sign does the prophet Isaiah announce to King Ahaz during the Syro-Ephraimite War with Assyria (see week 7A slides)?

8. What two expectations does the prophet Isaiah have for the house/descendant of David (see Week 7A slides)?

9. What is the total vision of prophecy that Isaiah unfolds, in contrast to Amos (see week 7A slides)? What are the two hopes that Isaiah holds out?

10. Why does the prophet Jeremiah announce the fall of Jersualem (see week 7A slides)?

11. What are the features of the new covenant, according to the prophet Jeremiah (see Jeremiah 31:33-34)?

12. What is Isaiah's answer to the question of why the Exile happened (see Week 7B slides)?

13. What is Isaiah's answer to the question of whether YHWH's promises are worth anything (see Week 7B slides)?

14. Describe the suffering servant in four ways (see Week 7B slides)?

15. Why does prophecy fade after the return from Exile (see Week 7B slides)?

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