Semeia 41: Speech Act Theory and Biblical Criticism

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgements......Page 7
Contributors......Page 8
1. INTRODUCTION: SPEECH ACT THEORY AND LITERARY CRITICISM, Hugh C. White (1-24)......Page 11
I. Speech Act Theory and Narrative Hermeneutics......Page 35
2. PERFORMATIVE UTTERANCE, THIE WORD OF GOD, AND THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR, Michael Hancher (27-40)......Page 37
3. THE VALUE OF SPEECH ACT THEORY FOR OLD TESTAMENT HERMENEUTICS, Hugh C. White (41-63)......Page 51
II. Applications of Speech Act Theory to Problems of Biblical Exegesis......Page 75
4. (FEMINIST) CRITICISM IN THE GARDEN: INFERRING GENESIS 2-3, Susan S. Lanser (67-84)......Page 77
5. SPEECH ACT THEORY AND BIBLICAL EXEGESIS, Daniel Patte (85-102)......Page 95
6. INFELICITOUS PERFORMANCES AND RITUAL CRITICISM, Ronald L. Grimes (103-122)......Page 113
III. Responses......Page 133
7. POTENTIAL AND ACTUAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN SPEECH ACT THEORY AND BIBLICAL STUDIES, Martin J. Buss (125-134)......Page 135
8. SPEAKING OF BELIEVING IN GENESIS 2-3, Robert Detweiler (135-141)......Page 145
9. PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE IN THE SERVICE OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES, Charles E. Jarrett (143-159)......Page 153
IV. Bibliographies......Page 171
ANNOTATED INTRODUCTORY BIBLIOGRAPHY ON SPEECH ACT THEORY......Page 173
SELECTED GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY ON SPEECH ACT THEORY......Page 183