»You are gods«. Intertextuality among Ps 82:6, 11QMelch, and John 10:34. Approximation from Sociological Stylistics

Mikhail Bakhtin offers us a typology to understand better how biblical intertextuality works. Phenomena such as stylization , parodic use of another’s speech, or hidden polemic can help perceive how the relationship among texts results from a previous social debate. We focus on studying hybrid constructions in which authors develop an intentional use of another’s speech. This work analyzes the dependencies among Psalm 82 (especially the expression »You are gods« in v. 6) and texts which referenced that Psalm in concrete historical and theological milieus.