James and Jude: a Rhetorical Dramatistic and Metaphoric Analysis
Date of Graduation
Summer 1991
Degree
Master of Arts in Communication
Department
Communication
Committee Chair
Holt Spicer
Abstract
This study applies modern rhetorical methodologies in the textual analysis of two New Testament epistles, James and Jude. Following an artifactual background and literature review, the metaphoric and pentadic methodologies are summarized. James was examined using metaphoric methodology, which revealed the letter's thematic elements more clearly than does biblical scholarship's conventional topical treatment. Key portions of the artifact supported the theory of metaphoric t hought. Jude received a Burkean internal pentadic analysis, which suggested that the author relied on an act-agency ratio to describe doctrinal error. Among the textual conclusions apparent from these analyses are that James is more unified textually than previously regarded, and that the motive in Jude reveals the extent of doctrinal deception in early Christianity. Suggestions for future research include the continuance of these methodological applications, the merits of exploring the Metaphoric Pentad and a challenge that rhetorical and biblical scholars cooperate further in future interdisciplinary criticism.
Subject Categories
Communication
Copyright
© Jimmy R Coleman
Recommended Citation
Coleman, Jimmy R., "James and Jude: a Rhetorical Dramatistic and Metaphoric Analysis" (1991). MSU Graduate Theses. 509.
https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/509
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