faithfulness and divine righteousness are often set in proximity and parallel (see Deut 7:9; 32:4; Pss 25:10; 26:3; 40:10–11; 89:28, 49; 111:5–10; 143:1; Isa 11:5; 16:5; Zech 8:8). Furthermore, there is a long history extending from Ambrosiaster to Karl Barth in identifying the “righteousness of God” as God’s faithfulness. A further complicating factor is that the “righteousness of God” can be regarded as either an objective genitive (i.e., a righteousness from God) or else a subjective genitive
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