De Mutatione Nominum (eng)
The text interprets Genesis 17:1–5 and 16–22, employing allegorical methods of interpretation. Concepts derived from non-Jewish philosophy are used to elucidate the “deeper meaning” of the biblical passages.
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52 He1sc. God says: “I will make my testament2or covenant in the middle between me and you (Gen 17:2).” Testaments are written for the benefit of those who deserve a gift, so that a testament is a symbol of the grace that God places in the middle between himself as giver and man as taker.