Beyond Oral and Written Prophecy
Prophetic Performance and Performativity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21586239 |
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| Authors | Elizabeth Stell (0000-0002-3562-3609, University of Oxford Faculty of Theology and Religion UK Oxford, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 410-437 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-10 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dead Sea Discoveries (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0929-0761 • E-ISSN: 1568-5179 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15685179-02903007 |
| OpenAlex | W4309047885 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
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 11QPsalms a and the Exagoge of Ezekiel
Aesthetics · Art · Biblical studies · Biography · Dead Sea Scrolls · Hebrew Bible · Jewish studies · Judaism · Literature · Scholarship · Second Temple period · Theology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classics · Computer Science · Development, Ethics, and Society · History · Law · Philosophy · Genetics
| Highly cited | No |
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