Introduction to the concept of the covenant / Stanley E. Porter and Jacqueline C.R. de Roo -- People of the new covenant / David Noel Freedman and David Miano -- The covenant in legal context / George W. Buchanan -- Covenant in the Qumran literature / Craig A. Evans -- The covenant of the Qumran sectarians / Martin G. Abegg -- The concept of a new covenant in the Teacher hymns from Qumran (1QHa x-xvii) / Michael O. Wise -- The role of food as related to covenant in Qumran literature / Stephen A. Reed -- The covenant of Noah in Jubilees 6.1-38 / Jacques van Ruiten -- God's covenant with the forefathers / Jacqueline C.R. de Roo -- Covenental nomism in the Psalms targum / Edward M. Cook -- Covenant and cosmos in Wisdom of Solomon 10-19 / Randall D. Chesnutt -- Did all Jews think alike? : "Covenant" in Philo and Josephus in the context of Second temple Judaic religion / Lester L. Grabbe -- The concept of covenant in Paul / Stanley E. Porter -- Did Paul have a covenant theology? : reflections on Romans 9.4 and 11.27 / James D.G. Dunn.