Big Ideas · 21 · Yhwh and His People
God survives the people's defeat
Because the covenant was voluntary and conditional, Yhwh could survive his people's destruction, now understood as the consequence of their conduct.
A transcendent God governs history.
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A legal-rational cosmic order emerges, with a public written document determining the nation's fate.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 346–347
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