Command or petition? A speech act analysis of the parents' utterances in John 9:21cd

Although speech act theory has a great potential for a better understanding of biblical texts, as demonstrated by some excellent published monographs and articles, it has been only occassionally utilised since the introduction of this theory to New Testament scholarship. In this somewhat disappoint...

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Main Author: H Ito
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Language:English
Published: University of the Free State 2000-12-01
Series:Acta Theologica
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Online Access:https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/5978
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description Although speech act theory has a great potential for a better understanding of biblical texts, as demonstrated by some excellent published monographs and articles, it has been only occassionally utilised since the introduction of this theory to New Testament scholarship. In this somewhat disappointing situation, the purpose of this article is to continue to show the validity of this approach and to develop it further in the reading of biblical texts. The utterences of the blind man's parents in John9:21cd are selected as an example for this purpose.
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spelling doaj-art-79e075ee29ce43c683fd07bc7e076a402025-02-11T12:37:13ZengUniversity of the Free StateActa Theologica1015-87582309-90892000-12-0120210.38140/at.v20i2.5978Command or petition? A speech act analysis of the parents' utterances in John 9:21cdH Ito0University of the Orange Free State, South Africa Although speech act theory has a great potential for a better understanding of biblical texts, as demonstrated by some excellent published monographs and articles, it has been only occassionally utilised since the introduction of this theory to New Testament scholarship. In this somewhat disappointing situation, the purpose of this article is to continue to show the validity of this approach and to develop it further in the reading of biblical texts. The utterences of the blind man's parents in John9:21cd are selected as an example for this purpose. https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/5978John 9:12cdSpeech act theoryBiblical textsNew Testament
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Command or petition? A speech act analysis of the parents' utterances in John 9:21cd
Acta Theologica
John 9:12cd
Speech act theory
Biblical texts
New Testament
title Command or petition? A speech act analysis of the parents' utterances in John 9:21cd
title_full Command or petition? A speech act analysis of the parents' utterances in John 9:21cd
title_fullStr Command or petition? A speech act analysis of the parents' utterances in John 9:21cd
title_full_unstemmed Command or petition? A speech act analysis of the parents' utterances in John 9:21cd
title_short Command or petition? A speech act analysis of the parents' utterances in John 9:21cd
title_sort command or petition a speech act analysis of the parents utterances in john 9 21cd
topic John 9:12cd
Speech act theory
Biblical texts
New Testament
url https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/5978
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