He swore an oath : biblical themes from Genesis 12-50

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Abraham re-assessed theologically: the Abraham narrative and the New Testament understanding of Justification by faith / T. Desmond Alexander. -- 'You are Abraham's offspring, my friend': Abraham in Isaiah 41 / John Goldingay. -- The slaughter of the animals in Genesis 15: Genesis 15:8-21 and its ancient near Eastern context / Richard S. Hess. -- Genesis 12-50 in the near Eastern world / Kenneth A. Kitchen. -- Abraham and Melchizedek: horizons in Genesis 14 / J. Gordon McConville. -- Abraham, Akhenaten, Moses, and monotheism / Alan R. Millard. -- Shared vocabulary in the Pentateuch and the Book of Daniel / Terence C. Mitchell. -- Christ as the key to scripture: Genesis 22 reconsidered / R.W.L. Moberly. -- Genesis 32: lighten our darkness, Lord, we pray / David F. Pennant. -- The face at the bottom of the well: hidden agendas of the Pentateuchal commentator / Gordon Wenham.