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Abstract

Covenant belongs to the most basic notions of religious message as it became a model of religion, which was presented in the Holy Scriptues. Before it was endowed with religious content and became an expression of mutual relationship between God and man, covenant was an inspiration referring to relations among people. Covenant as taken from the relations among people, fit perfectly as a model for religions owing to, in particular, its two features. It was an indissoluble treaty and, entered by two unequal parties endowed the stronger one with a right to dictate conditions. The Scriptures describe three basic types of covenant, the most important of which was the Sinai one. It was an imperfect covenant; it had to be renewed and because of that the Old Testament announces a new one. This is done by Christ, and the New Testament demonstrates its superiority over the old covenant as well as its ontic novelty.