The Library
1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.
1400–1301 BC
1 work
c. 1400–1200 BC
Hittite
The Hittite chancery
Treaties between a great king and his vassals, all built to one pattern: the king names himself, recites the history of what he has already done for the vassal, states the stipulations, orders the tablet deposited in the temple and read aloud periodically, calls the gods to witness, and lists the blessings and curses.
1–100
1 work
c. AD 20–40
Greek
Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit
Philo of Alexandria · c. 20 BC – c. AD 50
On Abraham's question at the covenant of the pieces, expanding into an account of prophetic ecstasy — the mind setting when the divine light rises — and of the Word as the divider who cuts all things into their opposites.
1501–1600
2 works
1574
French
Theodore Beza · 1519–1605
Written after the Saint Bartholomew's Day massacre: lesser magistrates may lawfully resist a tyrant, since rulers hold office by a covenant with the people.
1579
Latin
Vindiciae contra Tyrannos
Anonymous
Four questions on whether subjects must obey a ruler who commands against God, and who may resist — answered by a double covenant between God, king, and people.
1601–1700
1 work
1648
Latin
Johannes Cocceius · 1603–1669
The whole of scripture organised as a history of covenants — works, then grace — unfolding in successive periods rather than as a set of timeless topics.
5 of 1774 works