TY - BOOK AU - Adams, Jim W AU - Adams,Jim W TI - The Performative Nature and Function of Isaiah 40-55 SN - 9780567025821 U1 - B62.1 PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - T and T Clark KW - Criticism, Interpretation KW - Bible O.T Isaiah N1 - 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 ER -