By Yael Ziegler
ISBN-10: 9004168435
ISBN-13: 9789004168435
Whereas many reviews discover the literary function of the oath as a rule literature, none have contended with the position of the oath within the biblical narratives. This examine seeks to fill that vacuum. the 1st component to this research examines the literary importance of a few of the oath formulae that seem in biblical narratives, targeting anomalous formulations of the respective oath formulae. the second one part of this learn explores the narratives surrounding characters, Saul and David, either one of whom often have interaction in oath-making. The oaths taken through, to and approximately those characters reflect the narrative itself, and serve as as a prism in which the character's profession is refracted. This examine demonstrates that by way of perceiving the oath as a literary equipment for plot and personality improvement, extra or extra special meanings should be published within the biblical tales.
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13. Greenberg, Oath, p. 1295, begins by defining an oath as a self-curse. Some scholars regard the flip side as true as well: when the oath is upheld, it is intrinsically associated with benedictions (Fensham, Oath, p. 572). Lehmann, Biblical Oaths, p. 77, maintains that oaths originally contained both curses and blessings. Eventually, curses predominate and become synonymous with the oath. 40 Oesterley and Stinespring, Oath, p. 707; Ferries, Oath, p. 576. 41 The absence of the curse from the oath formula can be attributed to several possible factors.
Indeed, the oath depends on the ascription of power to the word. Without it, an oath is impotent. However, the seriousness with which the Bible views language may be applied equally to all human speech: royal edict, vow, curse, blessing, or a simple utterance. Nevertheless, the oath appears to be regarded as a particularly potent form of speech and is accorded a special reverence. ”20 Notwithstanding Pedersen’s approach, there are various possible reasons for the potency of the oath. J. L. Austin and the Speech-Act Theory Modern theory has also considered the possibility that certain speechacts may trigger an actual change, and not simply be regarded as a statement, or an intellectual expression.
Cassirer, Symbolic Forms, I, pp. ; II, p. 40 ff. 3 Von Rad, Theology, II, p. 81. 4 Von Rad, Theology, II, p. 82. 5 See Dürr, Wertung, pp. 23–31; Heinisch, Das Wort; Von Rad, Theology, II, p. 82; Thiselton, Supposed Power, p. 288; Frazer, Golden Bough, III, pp. 318–418. 6 This perception underlies the unique position of the human being, who, alone among all other creatures, retains the gift of speech, which empowers him. It is not my intention to examine the philosophical underpinnings of this idea.
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