Covenant and election are two theological concepts that dominate the landscape of the Hebrew Bible. If they became the main structuring concepts of the Hebrew Bible, they were not so from the beginning. Their centrality was the result of their utilization by exilic and post-exilic scribes and tradents to focus Israel's traditions into a coherent structure as fitted the revelation of one God. The essays in this collection examine covenant and election across the biblical literature, from the priestly document through Deuteronomy to Jeremiah and the book of Chronicles. They show how the ideas...

English summary: Professor of ecclesiastical history in Tubingen and eminent expert on Martin Luther, from 1924 first professor of regional history in Kiel albeit with no scientific background in the field, protege of the German foreign office in German-Danish cultural relations during the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich - the life of Otto Scheel (1876-1954) is multi-faceted. With regard to the three fields mentioned above, it offers an intriguing insight into the "German 'Age of Extremes'." Therefore Carsten Mish does not only aim to draw the picture of an exciting and illustrious...