A New Possibility for the Three–Clause Format of Jude 22–3
The three clauses of Jude 22–3 (as they appear in the ℵ reading) refer to one group of persons (the doubting) rather than three. Jude 22–3 should be translated: ‘Have mercy on those who are doubting; save them, seizing them from the fire; have mercy on them with fear, hating even the garment stained...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1998
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New Testament studies
Year: 1998, Volume: 44, Issue: 1, Pages: 133-143 |
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| Summary: | The three clauses of Jude 22–3 (as they appear in the ℵ reading) refer to one group of persons (the doubting) rather than three. Jude 22–3 should be translated: ‘Have mercy on those who are doubting; save them, seizing them from the fire; have mercy on them with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh.’ This thesis is substantiated by analysis of 1) the weakness of other attempts to make sense of the reading, 2) analogous Biblical and classical texts, 3) verses in Jude which display similar use of the idiom in question, and 4) context and thought–flow. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8145 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688500016404 |