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Imprecation as Divine Discourse - Speech Act Theory, Dual Authorship, and Theological Interpretation (Paperback)
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Imprecation as Divine Discourse - Speech Act Theory, Dual Authorship, and Theological Interpretation (Paperback)
Series: Journal of Theological Interpretation Supplements
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Christian readers of the Hebrew Bible are often faced with a
troubling tension. On the one hand, they are convinced that this
ancient text is relevant today, yet on the other, they remain
perplexed at how this can be so, particularly when parts of it
appear to condone violence. Barker's volume seeks to address this
tension in two parts: (1) by defending a particular form of
theological interpretation and (2) by applying this interpretive
method to the imprecatory psalms. Barker suggests that the goal of
theological interpretation is to discover God's voice in the text.
While he recognizes that this goal could encourage a subjective
methodology, Barker offers a hermeneutic that clearly locates God's
voice in the text of Scripture. Utilizing the resources of speech
act theory, Barker notes that texts convey meaning at a number of
literary levels and that God's appropriation of speech acts at
these levels is not necessarily uniform for each genre. He also
discusses how the Christian canon alters the context of these
ancient speech acts, both reshaping and enabling their continued
function as divine discourse. In order to demonstrate the
usefulness of this hermeneutic, Barker offers theological
interpretations of Psalms 69 and 137. He demonstrates how
christological fulfilment and the call to forgive one's enemies are
determinative for a theological interpretation of these troubling
psalms, concluding that they continue to form an essential part of
God's voice that must not be ignored.
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