Beyond Oral and Written Prophecy: Prophetic Performance and Performativity
This article examines performance as part of the prophetic and revelatory in ancient Jewish literature. The body of the article centres on the so-called “prophetic actions” within the biblical corpus. Scholarship’s use of this category has highlighted nonverbal performance as a part of prophecy but...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2022
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Dead Sea discoveries
Year: 2022, Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 410-437 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Performativity (Cultural sciences)
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/ Language
/ Act (Philosophy)
/ Theory
/ Prophetic action
/ Prophecy
/ Jewish literature
/ Old Testament
/ Austin, J. L. 1911-1960
/ Austin, J. L. 1911-1960, How to do things with words
/ Bible. Jesaja 20,1-6
/ Bible. Jeremia 51,59-64
/ Psalmenrolle (Qumran Scrolls)
/ Ezechiel, Tragicus, Exagōgē
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| IxTheo Classification: | HB Old Testament HD Early Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
symbolic action
B Performativity B Performance B Speech Act Theory B Prophecy |
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| Summary: | This article examines performance as part of the prophetic and revelatory in ancient Jewish literature. The body of the article centres on the so-called “prophetic actions” within the biblical corpus. Scholarship’s use of this category has highlighted nonverbal performance as a part of prophecy but raises questions regarding the efficacy of these varied actions as well as their distinction from written or spoken prophecy. Here I reapply J.L. Austin’s speech act theory to further examine their function. Isaiah 20:1–6 and Jeremiah 51:59–64, my central case studies, demonstrate not only the variety among these performances but also how interwoven they are with prophetic biography, writing, and speech. Exploring such phenomena through this more flexible lens further illuminates the continued significance of performance and prophecy in the Second Temple period, which the article demonstrates using 11QPsalmsa and the Exagoge of Ezekiel. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5179 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Dead Sea discoveries
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685179-02903007 |