“Covenant” in the Vulgate from a legal historical point of view
Short speech at the Fribourg Conference on Covenant Theology in Hosea, 16th-18th July, 2018
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.25788/vidbor.v3i0.187Keywords:
covenant, pact, convention, treaty, agreement, testament, pactum, foedus, sponsio, testamentum, covenant, pact, convention, treaty, agreement, testament, pactum, foedus, sponsio, testamentumAbstract
In many verses the Bible speaks of a covenant between god and man. The Vulgata uses words as pactum, foedus, testamentum for its Latin translation of the Hebrew and Greek texts. These words are taken from the vocabulary of Roman law. They express liability and reliability of the divine salvation promise.
