This book sets out to describe the multi-dimensional nature and
function of rhetorical questions in the Old Testament. Biblical
scholars have previously analyzed the use of rhetorical questions
in both Testaments, but consistently describe their function in
persuasive terms. While this understanding is appropriate in a
number of instances, many rhetorical questions do not operate this
way, and Jim W. Adams focuses in particular on rhetoric expressing
the self-involvement of both the speaker and hearer. Among
linguistic philosophers, speech act theory has illuminated the fact
that uttering a sentence does not merely convey information; it may
also involve the performing of an action. The concept of
communicative action provides additional tools to the exegetical
process as it points the interpreter beyond the assumption that the
use of language is merely for descriptive purposes. Language can
also have performative and self-involving dimensions. In relation
to speech act theory, linguistic specialists continue to research
the nature of rhetorical questions.
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