covenant

A marriage bond described not as a casual agreement but as a sacred promise before God with grave consequences if broken. A vow structure with life-and-death seriousness, illustrated through biblical sacrificial imagery.

A contract or understanding between God and humans in Jiang's account of Biblical orthodoxy.

A contract or promise between Yahweh and a chosen figure or people.

Jiang treats the Noah story as the paradigmatic case where God says afterward that destroying the world was a mistake and promises not to do it again.

Jiang argues that a rash vow to kill the first person through the door would simply be ignored by God, because such a promise comes from misunderstanding God and therefore does not establish a real covenantal connection.

A student argues that cheating is bad because it breaks a vow or covenant, and that covenant carries sacrificial seriousness rather than being a casual promise.

The student intensifies the covenant logic by saying covenant means accepting a death-price for breach, invoking the biblical image of becoming like the animal cut in half.

Jiang says Jewish endurance across centuries depended on a small minority preserving covenantal faith while most Jews historically assimilated into surrounding civilizations.

Jiang says the conversion ritual is a covenant of love that binds followers to each other before they convert and disperse.

Frankist disguise is necessary because the world is run by idiots and governed by idiotic laws, but insiders can recognize one another through covenant.

The Abrahamic covenant begins as a loyalty contract, but Abraham's argument over Sodom turns the relationship into debate rather than simple servitude.