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What Did the Prophets Think They Were Doing? Speech Acts and Prophetic Discourse in the Old Testament
Abstract
The texts in the prophetic books which suggest a consciousness of the power of the divine word form the starting-point for an investigation of prophetic discourse in these books in terms of J.L. Austin and J.R. Searle's theory of speech acts. R.P. Carroll's suggestions on the topic are critically examined, and a study is then undertaken of judgement prophecy to demonstrate that it should be understood as having the illocutionary force of a declaration placing the hearers (or a third party) under judgement. The response narrated or expected to such prophecies in prophetic narratives is shown to be ambiguous as between mourning over an accomplished act of judgement and prayer for mercy, and this is seen to be appropriate to an illocutionary act of that kind.
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- Authors
- Houston, W.
- Affiliations
- 1Westminster College, Cambridge
- Corresponding author
- Houston, Walter
- ORCID
- Houston, Walter
- Venue
- Biblical Interpretation
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Published
- 1993
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 167-188
- ISSN
- 0927-2569 (ISSN-L)
- 1568-5152
- OpenAlex
- W1981453706
- Cited by
- 12
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Biblical Interpretation (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Linguistics and Discourse Analysis
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Keywords
- prophetic discourse, speech acts, Old Testament prophets, illocutionary force, divine word, J. L. Austin, John Searle, prophetic narratives, mourning
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