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Document Details : Title: Doubt or Dispute (Jude 9 and 22-23) Subtitle: Rereading a Special New Testament Meaning through the Lense of Internal Evidence Author(s): SPITALER, Peter Journal: Biblica Volume: 87 Issue: 2 Date: 2006 Pages: 201-222 DOI: 10.2143/BIB.87.2.3189039 Abstract : The middle/passive verb διακρίνομαι occurs twice in Jude’s letter. It is usually rendered with the classical/Hellenistic meaning 'dispute' in v. 9, and the special NT meaning 'doubt' in v. 22. Beginning with a brief discussion of the methodological problems inherent in the special NT meaning approach to διακρίνομαι, this article offers an interpretation of vv. 9 and 22 based on the letter’s internal evidence. The content of Jude’s letter permits διακρίνομαι to be consistently translated with its classical/Hellenistic meaning, 'dispute' or 'contest'. |
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