The Performative Nature and Function of Isaiah 40-55
- New York T and T Clark 2006
- 259p
- Library of Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament Studies; 200600ENGGPS4 .
includes index and biblioraphy
Speech act theory .............1 The book of Isaiah and Chapters 40-55.....1 Interpreting Isaiah 40-55........10 Speech act Theory and Isaiah 40-55.........15 1. Speech act theory and the Hermeneutic of Self-Involvement .......18 Seminal Notions of Speech act Theory .......18 Clarification, Refinements, and Developments in Speech act Theory ..................26 Hermeneutic of Self-Involvemet; Donald D. Evans, Anthony C. Thiselton, and Richard b. Briggs..............45 2. Utilizations of Speech act theory in old Testament interpretation ..........64 Performative verbs and Utterances in Old Testament Translation and Interpretation ..........64 Perlocutionary effect criticism ............69 Illocutions count as Perlocutions ............75 3. A proposal for the Performative nature and Prophetic Function of Isiah 40-55.........87 Performative Nature and Prophetic Function of Isaiah 40-55.............91 4. Analysis of Isaiah 41: 21-29, 49: 1-6, 50: 4-11, 52: 13-53: 12................120 Isaiah 41: 21-29........120 Isaiah 50: 4-11.......156