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Treaty of the Great King

Hittite treaties

Korosec published the treaties in 1931

George Mendenhall – Law and Covenant in Israel and the Ancient Near East (1955)

D. J. Wiseman – The Vassal-Treaties of Esarhaddon (1958)

Suzerain

Vassal

Exodus 19:1-24

Deuteronomy 5

Treaty of the Great King, p. 28

1. Preamble – Deuteronomy 1:1-5
2. Historical Prologue – Deuteronomy 1:6 – 4:49
3. Stipulations – Deuteronomy chapters 5 – 26

Primary stipulation of exclusive loyalty – Deuteronomy 5 – 11

Specific, ancillary stipulations – Deuteronomy 12 – 26

1. Sanctions – Deuteronomy 27 – 30
2. Dynastic succession – Deuteronomy 31 – 34

Deuteronomy 30:1-10 and 11-13

Romans 10

"The Two Tables of the Covenant"

The Two Tables of the Covenant Audio

"Dynastic Covenant" Dynastic Covenant Audio

Deuteronomy 4:13

Treaty of the Great King, p. 17

Exodus 20

Deuteronomy 5

Exodus 31:18

Exodus 34:28

By Oath Consigned

Treaty of the Great King, pp. 22-23, 129

Genesis 3:15

Treaty of the Great King, pp. 38-39

Biblical Theology, p. 127

Deuteronomy 27 and 28

Treaty of the Great King, pp. 124-125

Kingdom Prologue pp. 302-320