Jewish Covenant Research Paper

When analyzing Biblical concept of the covenant in the light of scriptures, it is very important to recognize its political, religious and historical significance. This essay examines why one cannot understand the meaning of Jewish legal observance without understanding the meaning of the covenant. I will also offer a definition of what a covenant is and how it is related to the law which the Jewish people practice and finely provide textual evidence from the book of Genesis 1: 29, Exodus 19:4 and Exodus 19:5 to prove that Jews do the law freely and lovingly because they are in a covenantal relationship with a loving God.
The central concept of Judaism is the notion of covenant. In other words, the Jewish religious tradition describes the human relations to God as a covenantal relationship. This means God offers unconditional love and does require the humankind to do anything in order to maintain that love of God. Structurally, every covenant in Judaism has two parts: unconditional promises and laws. In the context of covenantal relationship of God with the Jewish people, unconditional promises means, God loves the Israelites without any conditions and His promises remains forever even if the Jewish people disobey God’s law which is the second part of the covenant . God explicitly indicates unconditional love towards Abraham and his decedents …show more content…
This covenantal relationship of God with the Jewish people indicates that God loves the Jewish people unconditionally, because God saves the Israelites from slavery in Egypt and in returns He wants the children of Israel to live free. God reminds the Jewish people “Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians and how I bore you on eagles’ wing, and brought you unto myself” (Exodus 19:4). The reason the Jewish people are so dedicated to performing the law is because of this covenantal relationship with the loving