expresses a similar evaluation: ‘In contrast to the bulk of commentators who see in Jude only denunciation and invective, we are quick to point out that the epistle was written with a view of exhorting the faithful to press on, and not merely excoriating those who rebel’.7 Rather than a vituperative rant, Jude is a carefully crafted text which aims to persuade its readers to adopt a particular stance toward a dangerous group of infiltrators as well as orient themselves within a particular theological
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