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Gospel of Jealousy

A Proposal for a Redemptive Mode of God’s Holiness

In: Journal of Reformed Theology
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Jeremy J. Wynne Whitworth University Spokane, WA USA

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Online Publication Date:
21 Nov 2024
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Abstract

This essay argues for a more substantive account of the God whose “name is Jealous” (Exod. 34:14), over and against both cultural resistance and theological ambivalence to jealousy as a positive feature of the divine-human relationship. Attention to Reformed priorities in a responsible reading of scripture is followed by a theology of the proper context, focus, and goal of jealousy itself. The results are twofold: a biblical proposal for this affection as a form of God’s redeeming holiness and, by extension, validation of our own jealousy as protest against multiple forms of bad faith.

Title:
Gospel of Jealousy
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/15697312-bja10067
Language:
English
Pages:
326–348
Keywords:
jealousy; envy; attributes of God; Reformed theology; Edward Leigh (1602–1671); theological interpretation of scripture
In:
Journal of Reformed Theology
In:
Volume 18: Issue 4
Received:
26 Aug 2023
Accepted:
16 Oct 2024
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1569-7312
Print ISSN:
1872-5163
Subjects:
General, Theology and World Christianity, History of Religion, Religious Studies

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