Jude on the Attack

Alexandra Robinson examines the letter of Jude in the light of repeated scholarly references to this source as an invective a polemic and an attack speech with a dependence on both Jewish and Greco-Roman sources. Moving beyond the 'Hellenism/Judaism divide' Robinson specifies what these elements are and how they relate to the harsh nature of the discourse. <br/><br/>This study shows how where and why Jude borrows from these contemporary genres with a detailed survey of Greco-Roman invectives and Jewish judgement oracles; comparing and contrasting them to the epistle of Jude with consideration of structure aims themes and style. Robinson argues that Jude has constructed a 'Jewish invective ' and that his epistle is a polemical text which takes the <i>form</i> (structure aims and style) of a typical Greco-Roman invective but is filled with Jewish content (themes and allusions) drawing on Israel's heritage for the benefit of his primarily Jewish- Christian audience.