Title Page
Contents
ABBREVIATIONS 14
ABSTRACT 16
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION 18
1.1. Definition of the terms 24
1.1.1. Covenant($$)[이미지참조] 24
1.1.2. Justice($$)[이미지참조] 27
1.2. Thesis statement 29
1.3. Purpose of the study 31
1.4. Significance of the study 32
1.5. Scope of the study 34
1.5.1. Text centered explanation 36
1.5.2. Historical explanation 37
1.6. Methodology of the Study 38
1.6.1. Analytical procedure for the study 39
1.6.2. Significance of text centered approach in this research 40
1.7. Schema for the research 41
CHAPTER 2. COVENANTAL IDENTITY 44
2.1. A Semantic Survey of $$[이미지참조] 45
2.1.1. $$[이미지참조] 46
2.1.2. $$[이미지참조] 48
2.1.3. Birtu 49
2.1.4. $$[이미지참조] 50
2.1.5. $$[이미지참조] 51
2.1.6. $$[이미지참조] 52
2.1.7. $$[이미지참조] 55
2.1.8. $$[이미지참조] 56
2.1.9. $$[이미지참조] 57
2.1.10. $$, $$ and $$[이미지참조] 58
2.1.11. Covenant in the context of Promise 59
2.1.12. Covenant in the context of legal obligation 60
2.1.13. Covenant in the context of redemption 60
2.1.14. Covenant in the context of relationship 61
2.1.15. Covenant in the context of divine friendship 63
2.1.16. Covenant in the context of establishing peace 64
2.1.17. Covenant in the context of revelation 65
2.2. Summary of scholastic views 67
2.3. Covenant between God and the people 69
2.3.1. Mosaic Covenant 72
2.4. Covenant in Deuteronomy 73
2.4.1. The Covenant at Horeb 73
2.4.2. Covenant at Moab 77
2.5. God as the source of Covenant 78
2.6. Summary 81
2.7. Literary analysis 83
2.7.1. Deut 6:4-9: Instructions to pass on the covenantal identity and justice to the future generations 83
2.7.2. Deut 7:1-6: Instruction to preserve the covenantal identity and justice 95
2.7.3. Deut 10:12-13: Instruction to follow the commands to express covenantal identity and justice. 111
2.7.4. Deut 11:13-21: "Love and Serve"-A generative factor in covenantal identity and justice 120
2.8. Inner textual connectivity 133
2.8.1. Textual evidence 136
2.8.2. Placement of the texts 138
2.8.3. Inner textual analysis 141
2.9. Conclusion 144
CHAPTER 3. SOCIAL JUSTICE 145
3.1. A Semantic survey of $$[이미지참조] 147
3.1.1. $$ and $$[이미지참조] 149
3.1.2. $$ and $$[이미지참조] 151
3.1.3. $$ and $$[이미지참조] 158
3.1.4. $$ as judgment of God[이미지참조] 159
3.1.5. $$ as instructions[이미지참조] 161
3.1.6. $$ as rights[이미지참조] 162
3.1.7. Social justice as sharing of power 163
3.1.8. Social justice as restoration 165
3.1.9. Social justice as reconciliation 166
3.1.10. Social justice as liberation 167
3.1.11. Social justice as jubilee 168
3.1.12. Social justice as responsibility 170
3.1.13. Distributive vs. Retributive Justice 171
3.1.14. Forgiveness: An expression of God's justice 173
3.2. $$ in the OT[이미지참조] 175
3.2.1. $$ in Deuteronomy[이미지참조] 179
3.3. God is the source of justice 182
3.4. Summary 184
3.5. Literary Analysis 187
3.5.1. Dent 10:14-22: Just God who is impartial and takes no bribe 187
3.5.2. Deut 14:22-29: Tithing-An execution of God's justice 200
3.5.3. Deut 16:18-20: Just God commands to be Just 216
3.5.4. Deut 32:1-6 Justice: An unchanging character of God 228
3.6. Inner textual connectivity 240
3.6.1. Textual evidence 244
3.6.2. Placement of the texts 246
3.6.3. Inner textual analysis 249
3.7. Conclusion 252
CHAPTER 4. THE IMPLICATION OF SOCIAL JUSTICE 253
4.1. Deut 15:12-18: Social justice to the serving community 255
4.1.1. Textual division 256
4.1.2. Syntactic analysis 258
4.1.3. Semantic analysis 261
4.1.4. Theological implications 264
4.2. Deut 16:9-12: Sharing as a mark of social justice 267
4.2.1. Textual division 267
4.2.2. Syntactic analysis 269
4.2.3. Semantic analysis 271
4.2.4. Theological implications 274
4.3. Deut 24:14-18: Social justice towards a just relationship 278
4.3.1. Textual division 279
4.3.2. Syntactic analysis 282
4.3.3. Semantic analysis 285
4.3.4. Theological implications 289
4.4. Deut 24:19-22: Social justice towards the socially disadvantaged 290
4.4.1. Textual division 291
4.4.2. Syntactic analysis 293
4.4.3. Semantic analysis 296
4.4.4. Theological implications 299
4.5. Inner textual connectivity 301
4.5.1. Placement of the texts 304
4.5.2. Inner textual analysis 305
4.6. Conclusion 310
CHAPTER 5. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 311
APPENDICES 326
APPENDIX ONE 326
APPENDIX TWO 329
BIBLIOGRAPHY 331