Claim Ledger · Thesis · Covenant
Jeremiah announces a new covenant that is not like the covenant made at Sinai.
Provisional · awaiting editorial review. This revision is public and citable, but its references, wording and confidence levels have not yet been verified by an AbrahamMoses editor. It was drafted with AI assistance, as disclosed below. What provisional means
No — regarding what Jeremiah explicitly states
Awaiting editorial review
Drafted with AI assistance; editorial verification pending.
Divergence concerns whether the new covenant supersedes, renews or fulfils the Sinai covenant.
Never combined
Confidence, on separate axes
Levels as proposed in the draft. They have not yet been verified by an editor and may change on review.
Stable in the Masoretic Text; the Septuagint differs at 31:32 in a clause that does not alter the proposition.
“New covenant” (bərît ḥădāšâ) is clear. Whether “new” means renewed or replaced is the interpretive divergence, not a question about the wording.
The claim is about what a text says or means, not about an event, date or document, so external corroboration does not bear on it.
The source states the claim; no inferential step is involved.
Fifth axis
Traditional acceptance
As a report of what the text says, this claim is not disputed between traditions. Disagreement begins with the readings built on it, which are recorded as separate claims.
Witnesses, editions and evidence
| Primary witness | Work | Edition cited |
|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah 31:31-34 | Jeremiah | Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, 5th edition |
Evidence
- Hebrews 8:8–12 — Hebrews quotes the passage in full. (Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th edition (Nestle–Aland))
- LXX Jeremiah 38:31–34 — The Septuagint numbering of the same passage. (Septuaginta, ed. Alfred Rahlfs, revised by Robert Hanhart)
Quotations and translations
The claim quotes no translated wording.
Textual variants
- Jeremiah 31:32 (minor bearing on the claim) — Where the Masoretic Text reads “though I was a husband to them” (bāʿaltî), the Septuagint (38:32) reads “and I disregarded them”; Hebrews 8:9 follows the Septuagint. The difference does not affect the announcement of a new covenant.
What this claim rests on
Grounded in its witness: as a report of what the text says, it remains supported unless it is set aside directly. Any argument recorded below is what supports it as a reading.
Jeremiah defines the new covenant by contrast with the covenant made at Sinai.
- AM-CLAIM-000188necessarycontrastJeremiah 31:32 defines the new covenant against the covenant made at Sinai.
Claims that rest on this one: AM-CLAIM-000184, AM-CLAIM-000191. Reject it in the explorer
Provenance chain
- FindingA future covenant is announced in explicitly contrastive terms with Sinai.
- Claims usedSinai covenant obligations; prophetic promise of internalised law.
- Supporting evidenceJeremiah 31:32 "not like the covenant I made with their fathers".
- Primary sourceJeremiah 31:31-34 (MT and LXX witnesses).
- Covenant relationshipsSinai → prophetic promise → New Covenant.
- Doctrine connectionsCovenant → law → forgiveness → mediator.
- InterpretationsRenewal, replacement and fulfilment readings remain separately attributed.
- CounterviewsReadings that treat the passage as restoration language only.
Map connections: AM-DOC-0013 (grounds); AM-COV-0006 (grounds); AM-COV-0005 (grounds)
Editorial record and machine involvement
Author: AbrahamMoses editorial (Sagolik)
Reviewers: none recorded — this revision has not been externally reviewed.
Change note: Formal metadata added: editions, evidence notes, variants, a confidence profile on separate axes and tradition acceptance. Derivations recorded with AND/OR structure. Statement unchanged.
Drafted with AI assistance
Drafted with AI assistance (Claude, Anthropic) in October 2026 from the cited editions and the published record. References, editions, variants and confidence levels await verification by an AbrahamMoses editor. Verification: pending.
Living record
Revision history
| Revision | Status | Published | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revision 1 | Provisional | 2026-09-10 | Published in the AbrahamMoses Claim Ledger. |
| Revision 2 | Provisional | 2026-10-14 | Formal metadata added: editions, evidence notes, variants, a confidence profile on separate axes and tradition acceptance. Derivations recorded with AND/OR structure. Statement unchanged. |
What changed from revision 1 to 2
- Evidence notes: 0 recorded → 2 recorded
- Variants: 0 recorded → 1 recorded
- Confidence profile: Not recorded → Recorded on four axes
- Machine involvement: not_recorded → assisted
Cite this claim
Citations point at revision 2, which will never change.