The Meaning of the Motif of Michael the Archangel’s Dispute with the Devil (Jude 9). A Socio-Rhetorical Perspective

• Authors: Dorota Katarzyna Muszytowska

Title variants

IT

The Meaning of the Motif of Michael the Archangel’s Dispute with the Devil (Jude 9). A Socio-Rhetorical Perspective

PL

The Meaning of the Motif of Michael the Archangel’s Dispute with the Devil (Jude 9). A Socio-Rhetorical Perspective

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

PL

The purpose of this article is to analyze the persuasive functions of the Archangel Michael motif in the Letter of Jude 9 and examine how the laconic reference serves argumentation in the letter and how it affects the recipients. We used methods of interpretation in the field of socio-rhetoric according to the interpretation model of V. R. Robbins adapted to the needs of this study: rhetorical analysis, intertextual relations and analysis of the pivotal values of the first-century Mediterranean world. The analyzes lead to the conclusion that the condensed form of the allusion to the Archangel Michael motif makes it possible to refer to the crisis of the addressees simultaneously on many levels. It serves positive argumentation based on the ethos, uses the strength of the rich interpretation tradition of the motif and is the key to the proper implementation of the answer in the mechanism challenge-riposte and defining the threat to community identity.

Keywords

EN

Letter of Jude 9; Archangel Michael; exemplum; socio-rhetoric; intertextuality; honor and shame

PL

Epistle of Jude 9; Archangel Michael; exemplum; socio-rhetoric; intertextuality; honour and shame; patron-client institution

• Publisher: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
• Journal: The Biblical Annals
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 677-706

Dates

published

2020-05-17

Contributors

author

Dorota Katarzyna Muszytowska

• Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie, Wydział Nauk Humanistycznych

Identifiers

DOI

10.31743/biban.9602