SOME INAPPROPRIATE ANTHROPOMORPHIC INTERPRETATIONS OF THE IMAGE OF GOD – A NEW PROPOSED TRANSLATION OF JAMES 4: 5

Some translations of both the Old and the New Testaments, such as Exodus 20: 5-6 and James 4: 5,2 render an anthropomorphic image of God as being ‘jealous’. The present article focuses on the latter example and, after comparing old biblical manuscripts and making a critical analysis of the text, the author suggests a more authentic translation of James 4: 5. The new proposed version is considered to correspond to the respective text in most of the oldest Greek biblical manuscripts, as well as to its version in the Church Slavonic translation of the Bible, also viewed in the context of the General Epistle of James, of the Holy Gospels and of the Holy Scriptures in general, of Patristic literature and, not least, in the context of a wholesome Christian spiritual life.