TY - BOOK ID - 110245542 TI - Words in action : speech act theory and Biblical interpretation : toward a hermeneutic of self-involvement PY - 2001 SN - 9780567083456 9780567088093 056708809X 0567083454 PB - Edinburgh T & T Clark DB - UniCat KW - Speech acts (Linguistics) KW - Illocutionary acts (Linguistics) KW - Speech act theory (Linguistics) KW - Speech events (Linguistics) KW - Language and languages KW - Linguistics KW - Speech KW - Philosophy KW - Bible KW - Hermeneutics. KW - 801.56 KW - 22.02 KW - 22.02 Bijbelse filologie. Analyse van het bijbels taalgebruik KW - 22.02 Philologie de la Bible. Analyse linguistique de la Bible KW - Bijbelse filologie. Analyse van het bijbels taalgebruik KW - Philologie de la Bible. Analyse linguistique de la Bible KW - 801.56 Syntaxis. Semantiek KW - Syntaxis. Semantiek KW - Hermeneutics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:110245542 AB - How is the biblical text understood and how does it function in the life of the reader today? Richard Briggs first provides an illuminating introduction to the nature and claims of speech art theory. This seeks to extend our understanding of both spoken and written means of communication by seeing them not as merely representational or 'reality-depicting', but as acting or causing acts to be performed through the words themselves. Briggs goes on to discuss to what extent the application of speech act theory might be helpful in the interpretation of biblical texts. In one of the first book-length explorations of this topic, he examines in detail several biblical speech acts of particular theological significance, including the confession of sin, forgiveness and teaching. Through exploring the specific ways in which the reader is drawn into the performative action of the biblical text, and how speech act theory forces the reader to look beyond language into the world which gives the language its ability to function, speech act theory is shown to offer valuable insights within today's complex hermeneutical debate. ER -