Israel and the History of the Covenant

Abstract

The story told by the biblical authors is above all a theological story. The author, or the redactor drawing on the oral traditions, knowingly narrates a story that unfolds under the gaze of God who guides the events of human history. The article covers some fundamental and foundational stages of the history of the people of Israel as narrated by Scripture, going from Abraham to Moses, and the creation of the world and Man to a prophetic and apocalyptic eschatology. History begins with creation, which because of the initial disobedience is a history that sees the continuous intervention of God anticipating a future salvation in Jesus of Nazareth. Human history will find its complete fulfilment at the end of time, with the advent of new heavens and a new earth.