Discourse Analysis of Prophetic Oracles: Woe, Indictment, and Hope

Discourse analysis of the emic structures of Biblical Hebrew is an underdeveloped area of Hebrew linguistics. This lack of a linguistic examination has resulted in Hebrew scholars relying upon form criticism, which, though helpful, is lacking in objectivity and precision. This paper offers a discour...

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Main Author: Hoyt, JoAnna M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The National Association of Professors of Hebrew 2019
In: Hebrew studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 60, Pages: 153-174
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Oracle / Threatening prophecy / Indictment / Hope / Hebrew language / Amos / Micah
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
HD Early Judaism
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Summary:Discourse analysis of the emic structures of Biblical Hebrew is an underdeveloped area of Hebrew linguistics. This lack of a linguistic examination has resulted in Hebrew scholars relying upon form criticism, which, though helpful, is lacking in objectivity and precision. This paper offers a discourse analysis of three prophetic oracle types: woe, indictment, and hope. Through a modified approach to Longacre's etic discourse structures, this paper examines the oracles' emic structures within Amos and Micah. Not only does this analysis provide a more objective process and more precise criteria for identifying genres than form criticism, but it also reveals otherwise overlooked discourse features such as skewing and peak marking elements, which are all necessary to more fully understand the intended purpose and function of the oracles.
ISSN:2158-1681
Contains:Enthalten in: Hebrew studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1353/hbr.2019.0008